- Transcribes and computes physician orders, department orders and messages accurately. Writes legibly and transcribes orders accurately
- Assembles patient medical records and maintains proper order of records within the chart
- Sets up admission charts and disassembles discharged and transferred charts, checking for completeness
- Handles desk communications properly and promptly, including responding immediately to intercom, pages and routing of messages to appropriate person
- Replaces forms as necessary in patient medical records
- Routes requests for patient information to nurse promptly and accurately
- Communicates physician orders to responsible nurse.
- Collects required unit data
- Measures and documents intake and output, heights and weights, and vital signs
- Applies, monitors, and documents restraint usage
- Collects urine, stool, and sputum specimens
- Performs and documents point-of-care testing
- Performs and documents patient mobility and exercise, and comfort, rest, and sleep care needs
- Performs and documents patient hygiene, grooming, and dressing, skin and nail care, dietary, and toileting and elimination needs
- Organizes equipment and supplies
- Completes bedmaking and cleaning assignments on the unit
- Performs and documents perineal care, and applies unsterile hot/cold packs/compresses, bandages, and elastic stockings
- Safely and correctly operates equipment (i.e. beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, hypo/hyperthermia unit, mechanical lifts, bed scales)
- Presents a pleasant, courteous, effective manner with telephone conversations and interactions with others
- Orders stock; maintains and enters charged items at the end of the shift according to procedure
- Orients new personnel in desk orientation
- Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients
- Transports patients, lab work, specimens, and blood
- Adheres to Universal precaution, infection control, OSHA, and other regulatory policies and procedures. Maintains safe work practices and follows facility safety procedures
- Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct
- Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Performs other duties as assigned
- High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent
- Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Experience in healthcare setting?
- State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (preferred)
- Competitive Pay & Benefits Options
- Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays
- Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner
- 401K with Employer Match
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Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator,1st Shift - Louisville, United States - UofL Health
Description
Overview:
Job Title: Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator
We are Hiring at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Location: 1850 Bluegrass Ave. Louisville, KY 40215
Shift Options: Full Time, 7a-3p
About Us
UofL Health - Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is a 298-bed, full-service hospital which has served generations of patients in south Louisville. Originally founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1874, the hospital offers a full range of vascular, orthopedic, cardiac, neurological, surgical, rehabilitative and 24/7 emergency services including 24/7 STEMI service.
Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is home to UofL Health Weight Loss Care, the regions only weight-loss management program utilizing the Lap-Band System. In addition, the hospital provides the Orbera gastric balloon procedure. The hospital has been recognized as one of the first health care facilities in the nation to receive a Blue Distinction Center for bariatric surgery.
The hospital partnered with sister facility, UofL Health Peace Hospital to open a voluntary inpatient medical detox unit at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital to care for patients with substance use disorders. Most recently, Cancer & Blood Specialists, located adjacent to the Mary & Elizabeth Hospital campus, became the third location of UofL Health Brown Cancer Center. At the center, patients will have continuity of care with trusted oncology and hematology providers, along with access to the multidisciplinary care, pioneering research and clinical trials of the Brown Cancer Center. In addition to the hospital, Mary & Elizabeth has three medical plazas on its campus to provide office space for a wide array of primary care and specialty physicians.
Our Mission
As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
The Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator performs clerical duties and clinical patient care support on the unit under the direction of the Licensed Nursing Personnel. They utilize proper and professional communication skills with department and UofL Health personnel, as well as with patients, families, and visitors. All duties will be provided in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the direction of licensed nursing personnel and while adhering to the values of patient and family centered care.
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