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Form of workJob Title: Patient Care Assistant / Health Unit Coordinator
We are Hiring at Jewish Hospital
Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Lou, KY 40202
Shift Options: Full Time, 7p-7a
About Us
UofL Health - Jewish Hospital, is an internationally renowned, high-tech tertiary referral center, developing leading-edge advancements in hand and microsurgery, heart and lung care, orthopedics, and sports medicine, neuroscience, organ transplantation and outPatient Care. The hospital is the site of the world's first successful hand transplant and AbioCor implantable replacement heart procedures, in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital offers the most advanced technology for minimally invasive, robotic surgery including the da Vinci Xi, used for cardiac, general surgery, urologic, head and neck, and colorectal procedures, the Monarch Platform, a fully integrated bronchoscope for early detection of lung cancer, and Stryker's MAKO roboticarm for total joint replacement of the knee and hip. Part of Jewish Hospital, the UofL Health - Trager Transplant Center is a nationally recognized transplant center offering heart, lung, liver, kidney, living donor, pancreas, and vascularized composite allografts (hand only) transplantation. As an advanced organ disease center, our multidisciplinary team of physicians and experts treat complex organ failure with live-saving procedures like the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as well as organ transplantation.
Our Mission
As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
Job Summary
Performs clerical duties on the unit under the direction of the Licensed Nursing Personnel. Applies proper and professional communication skills between personnel within the department and to other departments in relationship to Patient Care. Presents a personable and professional attitude to physicians, patients, families, visitors, and co-workers. Provides clinical Patient Care support in a caring, safe, efficient manner, under the direction of an RN. Performs other functions including phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, and respiratory functions. This employee adheres to the values of patient and family centered care.
Responsibilities- Transcribes and computes physician orders, department orders and messages accurately.
- Writes legibly and transcribes orders accurately.
- Presents a pleasant, courteous, effective manner with telephone conversations and interactions with others.
- Assembles patient medical records and maintains proper order of records within the chart.
- Orders stock; maintains and enters charged items at the end of the shift according to procedure.
- 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.
- Orients new personnel in desk orientation.
- Performs other duties as assigned by Licensed Nursing Personnel.
- Responds appropriately in lifesaving situations.
- 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.
- Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients.
- Transports patients, lab work, specimens, and blood.
- 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).
- Receives oncoming and gives offgoing reports.
- Adheres to Universal precaution, infection control, OSHA, and other regulatory policies and procedures. Maintains safe work practices and follows facility safety procedures.
- Performs venipuncture for specimen collection under the direction of the RN/LPN. Appropriately labels and ensures delivery to the Clinical Laboratory.
- Performs routine 12-lead electrocardiography testing under the direction of the RN/LPN.
- Performs respiratory care equipment application and monitoring under the direction of the RN/LPN.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent
- Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in healthcare setting
Benefits & Perks
- 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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