Nursing Assistant/Unit Coordinator

Job Summary

The Nursing Assistant/Unit Coordinator at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for providing routine patient care, coordinating nursing unit activities, and supporting effective and positive patient experiences. This role engages strong organizational and communication skills to complete clerical and administrative duties, support inventory and document management, maintain accurate records, and facilitate information and communication across various stakeholder groups.

Job Functions

• Effectively and efficiently coordinates the activities of the nursing unit.

  • Affords assistance with all admissions, discharges, transfers, and changes within the unit utilizing the electronic patient tracking system and electronic medical record.

• Performs a variety of office, secretarial, and other related duties both within and in support of assigned unit.

  • Manages all intake and outbound documents.
  • Handles incoming and outgoing communications.
  • Answers patients' call lights/requests and reports requests to appropriate personnel.

• Supports patient care by performing tasks related to routine patient care within an assigned unit under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.

  • Assists with patient's plan of care by providing and/or assisting with activities of daily living, including but not limited to personal hygiene, grooming, mobility, and comfort.
  • Coordinates daily patient care activities on the nursing unit.
  • Assists nursing staff to better facilitate patient admissions, discharges, and transfers.
  • Responds to patient's call lights/requests and reports to appropriate personnel when necessary.
  • Assists patients in meeting nutritional needs, including but not limited to assisting with feeding, providing fluids and supplements.

• Manages inventory control by ordering, stocking, and replenishing unit supplies and necessary equipment in a cost-efficient manner.

  • Participates in identifying unit financial responsibility during budget preparation.
  • Aids in keeping unit within its budget restraints.

• Communicates patient information, concerns, or issues to appropriate interdisciplinary team members.

  • Facilitates and directs communication among visitors, employees, and physicians within assigned unit.
  • Facilitates unit communication including, but not limited to, telephones, intercom system, call light system, computers, etc., and relays information as appropriate.

• Ensures a safe and clean environment for patients and health care team.

  • Greets and assists all customers, physicians, patients, visitors, and employees in a friendly and efficient manner.

• Documents care provided using worksheets and/or the electronic medical record.

  • Facilitates effective communication between disciplines by providing organized medical records.
  • Affirms timely and accurate access to pertinent patient data.
  • Maintains unit-specific records/reports (i.e. unit log books, staffing sheets, etc.) as assigned.

• Adheres to professional standards, behavioral standards, and hospital policies as set forth by the organization.

  • Complies with applicable Local/State/Federal policies/procedures/guidelines/regulations/laws/statutes.
  • Maintains confidentiality by protecting personal healthcare information of all patients.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

• Licenses and Certifications: CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Working knowledge of computers and software programs;
  • Excellent organizational and communication (written and verbal) skills;
  • Knowledge of medical terminology;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills;
  • Previous nursing assistant experience preferred but not required.

• Physical Demands:

  • Standing: Constantly
  • Walking: Constantly
  • Sitting: Constantly
  • Lifting/Carrying: Occassionally up to 50 lbs
  • Pushing/Pulling: Rarely
  • Climbing: Occassionally
  • Balancing: Occassionally
  • Stooping/Kneeling/Bending: Occassionally
  • Reaching/Over Head Work: Occassionally
  • Grasping: Frequently
  • Speaking: Constantly
  • Hearing: Constantly
  • Repetitive Motions: Constantly
  • Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations: Frequently
  • Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations: Frequently