Senior OB Technician- Part Time-Evenings (Oakland)

Position Overview

Under direct supervision of the Registered Nurse, the OB Technician assists the professional nursing staff in the Labor and Delivery Unit by performing non-nursing functions.Grade: 370

Key Responsibilities

• Directs and checks the work of other OB Technicians.
• Participates in the orientation and training of OB Technicians new to the department.
• Checks labor and delivery rooms for properly functioning equipment and supplies.
• Tracks preventive maintenance on equipment and monitors expiration dates of supplies.
• Sets up emergency equipment.
• Welcomes patients to the unit and escorts them to the appropriate room.
• Obtains Kaiser Card and photo ID from patients.
• Makes temporary patient ID bracelets.
• Transports patients to the delivery room, Cesarean delivery room, ultrasound, or postpartum area, when indicated.
• Checks testing schedules and pulls charts.
• Ensures a proper and adequate supply of packs.
• Sets up the sterile delivery table and baby unit for delivery.
• Opens packs and sets up for Cesarean delivery.
• Scrubs for C-sections.
• Assists the RN when patients are in the recovery room, delivery room, or Cesarean delivery room.
• Files monitor strips in envelopes.
• Washes instruments and places them on the central supply cart for sterilizing.
• Transports specimens to the lab.
• Keeps utility and supply rooms neat and well organized.
• Answers lights and telephone.
• Performs other related duties as necessary.
• Provides work direction to other employees, without authority to hire, terminate, discipline, or perform evaluations.
• Consistently supports corporate compliance by maintaining confidentiality, protecting organizational assets, acting with integrity, and reporting observed fraud and abuse while complying with applicable laws and policies.