Unit Coordinator - Psychiatric Crisis Department (Evenings)

Evening shift, 3pm-11:30pm. 0.6 FTE (24 hours per week), every other weekend required.

Pay

Starting pay: $19.10/hr, commensurate with experience. Additional $1.80 evening shift differential and $1.80/hr weekend differential.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and 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.
• Coordinates 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 communication of all required information to the appropriate staff.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent (required).
• Successful completion of an approved unit coordinator or clerk course (preferred).
• Current CPR certification (BLS-Health Care Provider) (required).
• Basic computer and technology skills (required).
• Excellent customer service, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Previous healthcare experience (preferred).

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally: Biohazard waste, blood and/or bodily fluids, climb stairs/ladder, communicable diseases and/or pathogens, fumes/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.