Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator

We are Hiring at UofL Health-Jewish Hospital!

Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202

Shift: Varied/Full TimeAbout UsUofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with eight hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, nearly 200 physician practice locations, and more than 1,000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

With more than 13,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.

Our MissionAs an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.Job Summary

The Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator performs clerical duties and clinical patient care support on the unit under the direction of the Licensed Nursing Personnel. They utilize proper and professional communication skills with department and UofL Health personnel, as well as with patients, families, and visitors. All duties will be provided in a caring, safe, and efficient manner, under the direction of licensed nursing personnel and while adhering to the values of patient and family centered care.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Transcribes and computes physician orders, department orders and messages accurately. Writes legibly and transcribes orders accurately

Assembles patient medical records and maintains proper order of records within the chart

Sets up admission charts and disassembles discharged and transferred charts, checking for completeness

Handles desk communications properly and promptly, including responding immediately to intercom, pages and routing of messages to appropriate person

Replaces forms as necessary in patient medical records

Routes requests for patient information to nurse promptly and accurately

Communicates physician orders to responsible nurse.

Collects required unit data

Measures and documents intake and output, heights and weights, and vital signs

Applies, monitors, and documents restraint usage

Collects urine, stool, and sputum specimens

Performs and documents point-of-care testing

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

Other Functions:

Organizes equipment and supplies

Completes bedmaking and cleaning assignments on the unit

Performs and documents perineal care, and applies unsterile hot/cold packs/compresses, bandages, and elastic stockings

Safely and correctly operates equipment (i.e. beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, hypo/hyperthermia unit, mechanical lifts, bed scales)

Presents a pleasant, courteous, effective manner with telephone conversations and interactions with others

Orders stock; maintains and enters charged items at the end of the shift according to procedure

Orients new personnel in desk orientation

Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients

Transports patients, lab work, specimens, and blood

Adheres to Universal precaution, infection control, OSHA, and other regulatory policies and procedures. Maintains safe work practices and follows facility safety procedures

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

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent

Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in healthcare setting

State Registered Nurse Aide (SRNA) by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (preferred)

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 Partner

401K with Employer Match

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