Primary Location:

University Hospital - UMC

Address:

530 South Jackson Street Louisville, KY 40202

Shift:

Nights 7P - 7A (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

UofL Health is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, more than 250 physician practice locations, and more than 1,200 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.

Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials, collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives. With more than 14,000 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.

Job Description:

Position Summary and Purpose
Performs clerical duties on the unit under the direction of the Licensed Nursing Personnel.   Applies proper and professional communication skills between personnel within the department and to other departments in relationship to patient care.  Presents a personable and professional attitude to physicians, patients, families, visitors, and co-workers. Provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, efficient manner, under the direction of an RN.  Performs other functions including phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, and respiratory functions.  This employee adheres to the values of patient and family centered care.

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
 

Additional Job Description:

Job Requirements
(Education, Experience, Licensure and Certification)
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)
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