Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator, Medical ICU, 7p-7a
3 weeks ago
We are Hiring at University Hospital
Location: 530 S. Jackson St, Louisville, KY 40202
Shift Options: Full Time, 7p-7a
About Us
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with eight hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, nearly 200 physician practice locations, and more than 1,000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
With more than 13,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
Our Mission
As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
Responsibilities:
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
Qualifications:
Education / Accreditation / Licensure (required & preferred):
High School Graduate or equivalent, completion of a recognized Clinical Assistant. Medical Assistant
or EMT Training Program or Nursing Students who have completed Fundamentals of Nursing Course
from an accredited school of nursing
Experience (required and preferred):
External candidates One of the following is Required: Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C.N.A),
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), must be current and
in good standing with state licensing board, or be enrolled in an accredited school of nursing
with completion of Fundamentals of Nursing Course. LPN’s may apply. Medical terminology and
computer skills required.
Internal candidates: Same as External Applicants
or
Must have a minimum of 1 year work experience with the University of Louisville Hospital and
completion of an onsite CA Fundamentals Class. All candidates must have the following: ability
to read, interpret, and follow detailed oral, written and illustrated instructions; ability to write
simple sentences to complete forms, chart patient data and detail medical instructions for subsequent
care; and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients,
care givers, other employees and the general public
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