Unit Coordinator - PICU H2B (Nights)

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Maintains patient charts and medical records.
• Operates communication systems including telephone, paging system, pneumatic tube, and other advanced communication technology devices.
• Assists with greeting, admission, registration, transfer, transport, and/or discharge of patients as assigned.
• Maintains unit and office supplies, ordering and stocking as needed.
• Ensures unit areas and rooms are maintained according to regulatory standards.
• Acts as a preceptor for orientation and training of other Unit Coordinator staff.
• Collaborates in the transport of non-controlled medications from Pharmacy to designated licensed healthcare practitioners or from tube system to secured medication storage room.
• Initiates Code Blue/Medical Assist/ACT in emergency situations and ensures the communication of all required information to the appropriate staff.

Education Requirement

Education Requirement:

• A High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
• Successful completion of an approved unit coordinator or clerk course, preferred.

Skills

Skills:

• Basic computer and technological skills required.
• Excellent customer service, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Basic computer and technological skills required.

Experience

Experience:

• Previous health care experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements

Physical Requirements:

• OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Loud Noises, Machinery, Patient Equipment, Power Tools, Problem solving, Sitting
• FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Computer skills, Interpreting Data, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Squat/kneel
• CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Seeing – Far/near, Standing, Walking

Pay

Position starts at $19.10/hr.

Schedule

Nights, 7p-7a, two 12-hour shifts per week, every 3rd weekend.