ED Tech/Unit Coordinator, 7a-7p

Overview:

Job Title: ED Tech/Unit Coordinator

We are Hiring at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital

Location: 1850 Bluegrass Ave. Louisville, KY 40215

Shift Options: Full Time, 7a-7p

About Us

UofL Health - Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is a 298-bed, full-service hospital which has served generations of patients in south Louisville. Originally founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 1874, the hospital offers a full range of vascular, orthopedic, cardiac, neurological, surgical, rehabilitative and 24/7 emergency services including 24/7 STEMI service.

Mary & Elizabeth Hospital is home to UofL Health – Weight Loss Care, the region’s only weight-loss management program utilizing the Lap-Band® System. In addition, the hospital provides the Orbera® gastric balloon procedure. The hospital has been recognized as one of the first health care facilities in the nation to receive a Blue Distinction® Center for bariatric surgery.

The hospital partnered with sister facility, UofL Health – Peace Hospital to open a voluntary inpatient medical detox unit at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital to care for patients with substance use disorders. Most recently, Cancer & Blood Specialists, located adjacent to the Mary & Elizabeth Hospital campus, became the third location of UofL Health – Brown Cancer Center. At the center, patients will have continuity of care with trusted oncology and hematology providers, along with access to the multidisciplinary care, pioneering research and clinical trials of the Brown Cancer Center. In addition to the hospital, Mary & Elizabeth has three medical plazas on its campus to provide office space for a wide array of primary care and specialty physicians.

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:

Job Summary

The Emergency Department Tech/Unit Coordinator provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the direction of a RN. The employee also performs other functions including clerical duties, admitting and discharging patients in multiple computer systems, phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma care, and respiratory functions.

• Measures 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

• Responsible for obtaining timed cardiac markers on patients with life threatening heart disease

• 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

• Assists the RN or RT with the placement of nasal canula

• Assists 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

• Performs safety checks on equipment and performs QA/QC on point of care testing machines

• 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

Qualifications:

Job Requirements

Education:

• 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)

Experience:

• Previous experience in ED (preferred)

Certification:

• 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)

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Pay & Benefits Options

Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays

Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic

Partner401K with Employer Match

Opportunities for Advancement

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Permanent