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Primary City/State: Glendale, Arizona Department Name: WIS-Post Partum-Hosp Work Shift: Night Job Category: Clinical Care • $3000 Sign-On Bonus Available * For the fourth consecutive year, Banner Health has been named by Foundry’s Computerworld to its 2024 Best Places to Work in IT list as one of 100 large organizations that challenge their information-technology staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Did you know that Banner Thunderbird Medical Center provides the highest level of maternity care in the West Valley, and that it is one of the leading providers of maternity care in the entire state? It’s true. Our doctors and nurses have the expertise and experience to care for some of the most complex pregnancies and deliveries, including women with pregnancies complicated by diabetes, high blood pressure and premature labor. Additionally, our neonatal intensive care unit enables us to care for babies born at any gestational age. Banner Thunderbird utilizes a sophisticated electronic medical records system to ensure better, safer care for you and your baby. This system has been proven to prevent medical errors and to provide more comprehensive care for mothers and babies. In your role as a Certified Patient Care Assistant- CPCA at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in the Postpartem Department, you will help provide basic nursing assistance to postpartem patients.Following birth, mother and baby are moved to the postpartum unit for recovery. Following a couplet care model, mothers and babies at Banner Thunderbird are cared for together whenever possible, with family and friends involved to the extent that the patient desires. Like our Labor and Delivery rooms, our all-private postpartum rooms have large windows, soothing room colors and sleeper chairs for adult overnight guests. Duties can vary from vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate), assisting with patient hygiene and movement, and generally monitoring the patient and providing updates to clinical staff. This role also works as a HUC which requires someone to be good at multitasking. The HUC helps with admissions, discharges, answering the phones and call lights. Equipment you are using includes Vital machines, glucometer, computer, mobility assisting devices. Bring your passion for patient care to this fast paced, teamwork oriented, and collaborative environment that supports learning at all levels. • Full-Time Nights Shift Available (3 -12 hour shifts) • Shift Hours can be from (Nights) 6am-6:30pm or 7am-7:30pm • You can utilize our self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage.There are no set days you can be scheduled each week. • Varied Shifts = could be working days nights, weekends • Weekend Rotations are required in this role. 2 Weekend shifts required each month • Rotating Holidays Required - 1 major and 1 minor • Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-Night Shift differential when applicable Your pay and benefits are important components of your journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefits to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life. Banner Health’s premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children’s Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience. Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring, we invite you to bring your experience and skills to Banner Thunderbird. POSITION SUMMARY This position provides routine patient care to promote patient comfort and contribute to the overall patient plan of care. This position is responsible for on-going patient data collection and documentation in the medical records and provides a variety of unit support functions which contribute to the overall efficient operation of the nursing unit/department. CORE FUNCTIONS 1. Provides assistance in activities of daily living and completes necessary tasks to promote patient health, including assisting patients with basic hygiene needs, maintaining an optimum level of mobility and providing assistance with nutritional intake as needed. 2. Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output and other delegated measurements in accordance with unit/facility policy and standards of care. Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care. Assists in the transportation of patient specimens. 3. Recognizes and reports abnormalities and/or changes in the patient’s health status and responses to treatment to a licensed professional. Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided. 4. Performs procedures and uses equipment as delegated by a licensed professional, consistent with demonstrated competencies and according to state scope of practice; procedures may include blood draws, foley catheters removal, EKGs, and EKG monitoring. Provides necessary supplies, support and assistance to medical staff and patients for unit specific procedures, under