Sobre esta vaga de Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator, Frazier Rehabilitation Institute, 8th Floor Pediatrics and Adult, Part-time, 7a-7p na UofL Health
Primary Location:
Frazier Rehab Institute - UMCAddress:
220 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202Shift:
Days 7A - 7P (United States of America)Job Description Summary:
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.Job Description:
Essential Functions:
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
Other Functions:
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
