Maternity Unit Aide - Royal Columbian Hospital Job Burnaby area,New Westminster BC Canada,Healthcare

Location: New Westminster

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $29.24 - $29.24 / hour

Job Summary

We are currently hiring for a Casual Maternity Unit Aide to join our Maternal
- Infant
- Child & Youth (MICY) team at Royal Columbian Hospital located in New Westminster , B.C.

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Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to:

Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year
Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits
Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
Maternity top-up (eligibility requirements to qualify)
50% subsidy on Trans Link passes

* Eligibility based on employment status

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Detailed Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Clinical Services, the Maternity Unit Aide transports mothers and mothers-to-be within the Unit; sets up delivery tables; collects used instruments and equipment; cleans and reassembles equipment and prepares the room ready for the next case. In addition, the Maternity Unit Aide maintains stock supplies and assembles patient charts in accordance with established procedures.

Responsibilities

Transports mothers and mothers-to-be within the Unit utilizing wheelchairs and/or stretchers.

Identifies equipment required and sets up sterile delivery tables using sterile techniques.

Collects used instruments, counts against the standard and returns instruments to the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) for reprocessing. Returns used equipment to SPD for cleaning and sterilization.

Prepares the room ready for the next case by restocking with supplies and equipment.

Cleans and reassembles equipment such as suction machines, tourniquet cuffs and infant warmers, in accordance with established procedures.

Cleans, reassembles and performs quality assurance checks on infant resuscitation units by re-assembling oxygen and suction equipment and ensuring its functionality.

Checks oxygen therapy supplies, entonox delivery system and replaces filters.

Reports malfunctioning equipment to the Manager or designate. Maintains a log of equipment sent for bio-medical repairs and follows up to ensure repaired equipment is returned to service.

Checks drawers, cupboards and patient rooms to ensure appropriate supplies are available; restocks where necessary.

Maintains and stocks unit supply of sterile/unsterile supplies and equipment according to established quotas. Checks and puts away supplies and equipment received from SPD and other departments. Rotates stock and returns outdates to SPD for reprocessing according to established procedures.

Maintains and rotates stock of IV solutions, supplies and equipment related to oxygen therapy, and non-control medications; returns outdates to appropriate department according to established procedures.

Maintains stocks of stationary supplies and assembles patient charts according to established procedures.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 10, plus 1 year's recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to deal effectively with others.
Ability to organize work.
Ability to operate related equipment.
Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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