Patient Care Technican

Labor & Delivery Ob Technician

The Department of Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital (VVWH) Nursing Services is a full-scope Perinatal care hospital at University of Michigan Health. We are seeking a Labor & Delivery OB Technician to provide direct support to the nursing team.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist with patient care and management of the care environment
• Stock and maintain patient care supplies in designated care spaces; maintain organization, cleanliness and outdates.
• Set-up beds/rooms for inpatient admission based on the approved checklist.
• Ensure emergency equipment is in readiness in all patient rooms and including area arrest carts, neonatal resuscitation boxes, and hemorrhage carts.
• Transport supplies, medications, specimens, patient belongings, carts, equipment, and medical records.
• Set-up delivery table and perform set up instrument count for verification at delivery.
• Ensure supplies for delivery including cord blood gas/blood samples, other supplies as delegated by RN or provider are available in the room.
• During labor or second stage, act as a second pair of hands for the RN. May act as runner to get supplies, help position patient, hold patient's legs in proper position, remove foley catheter if instructed to, provide patient/family support, etc.
• Assist RN with preparing warmer for delivery and NRP processes.
• Perform accurate QBL in conjunction with the RN and provider and verbally communicate to delivery team in the room with updated amounts document values in the QBL calculator.
• Assist with instrument and sponge counts in vaginal/operative vaginal deliveries.
• Assist delivery team with cleaning up and positioning the patient post-delivery for comfort.
• Provide patient with perineal ice pack, clean linens, gown, fluids/nutrition or maintaining NPO status.
• Assist RN as needed for labor or delivery emergencies (e.g., calling for help, transport to the OR, obtaining supplies, or arrest/hemorrhage cart).
• Draw cord blood gases at delivery and send for processing.
• If patient to OR, remove soiled linens, remake bed to ready for transfer to PACU/patient room.
• Tear-down delivery cart and perform or validate with RN/MD/CNM correct instrument and sponge count.
• Properly dispose of all hazardous materials from delivery.
• Assist the RN to clean the environment of the patient room post-delivery, facilitate getting Environmental Service in room.
• Remove delivery cart and instruments upon completion of delivery. Clean cart and prepare and transport instruments for processing.
• Facilitate pick-up of pathology specimens (i.e. placenta), including ensuring the requisition is completed.
• Remove instruments from patient care spaces; prepare and transport for processing (i.e. speculums, Trophon equipment, circumcision trays, etc.).
• Re-stock delivery cart and delivery supplies and replace them in the patient room.

Required Qualifications include:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• Basic computer skills
• Current certification as a:
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA), or
• Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A), or
• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
• At least one of the following experience requirements:
• At least one year of recent experience in an unlicensed assistive role providing direct patient care (e.g., nurse aide in a hospital setting), or
• At least two years of experience in an unlicensed assistive role providing direct patient care in a nursing home or other healthcare environment

Desired Qualifications include:

• Completion of the second year of an accredited Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program
• Certification as a surgical technologist through NBSTSA

University of Michigan