ED Tech/Unit Coordinator, Jewish Hospital, 7p-7a

Job Description

The Emergency Department Tech/Unit Coordinator at UofL Health provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN).

Essential Functions

• Makes and documents intake and output, heights and weights, and vital signs.
• Applies, monitors, and documents restraint usage.
• Performs safety checks per standard on high risk patients.
• Verifies all patients are registered by an admission specialist before discharge, corrects any errors in systems.
• 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.
• Transports patients, lab work, specimens, and blood.
• Organizes equipment and supplies; assembles equipment; cleans and disinfects equipment; maintains disinfectant solutions per infection control policies; communicates with bio medical engineering for equipment malfunctions.
• Stocks trauma room in preparation for trauma patients.
• Applies non-sterile hot/cold packs/compresses, bandages, elastic stockings, etc. and documents their usage.
• Safely and correctly operates equipment (i.e. beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, hypo/hyperthermia unit, mechanical lifts, bed scales).
• Performs venipuncture for specimen collection under the direction of the RN; appropriately labels and ensures delivery to the Clinical Laboratory.
• Performs routine 12-lead electrocardiography testing under the direction of the RN.
• Aids MDs and NP/PAs with procedure set-ups including sterile fields.
• Transcribes and enters physician orders, department orders and messages accurately into the computer; writes legibly and transcribes orders accurately; pages consults as needed; locates providers for consults, as needed.
• Sets up admission charts and disassembles discharged and transferred charts, ensuring completion.
• Updates the patients file and hospital billing system with information necessary to complete the collection cycle; obtains patient/guarantor signatures for the purpose of release of information.
• Ensures that assignment of patient’s medical record number is accurate according to patient information received.
• Ensures that the ordering, attending, referring, and primary care physicians are documented in the hospital computer system (SMS) correctly.
• Provides care/support to patients with orthopedic injuries i.e. splint, crutch training and assists physician.
• Performs wound care irrigation.

Other Functions

• Responds appropriately in lifesaving situations.
• Handles desk communications properly and promptly, including responding immediately to intercom, pages and routing of messages to appropriate person.
• Takes all necessary steps to ensure safeguarding of patients clothing and valuables.
• Keeps track of all equipment and supplies used; notifies appropriate persons regarding broken or lost equipment and missing supplies.
• Adheres to Universal precaution, infection control, OSHA, and other regulatory policies and procedures; maintains safe work practices and follows facility safety procedures.
• Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Receives oncoming and gives off-going reports.
• Aids in orientation of new employees, as necessary.
• Uses A.I.D.E.T. when communicating with patients, families, visitors, co-workers and customers.
• 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.

Education and Certification

• High School diploma or GED/equivalent (required).
• 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 (preferred).
• Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C.N.A), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) (preferred).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)(required).