Emergency Room Tech/Unit Coord-Weekend, ED, Jewish Hospital, — Louisville, KY

# Primary Location:

JHHS - Jewish Hospital - UMC

# Address:

200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202

# Shift:

Weekend Days (United States of America)

# Job Description Summary:

About UofL Health: UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

# Job Description:

Position Summary and Purpose The Emergency Department Tech/Unit Coordinator Weekend 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.

Essential 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

Other Functions:

• Responds appropriately in lifesaving situations
• Handles desk communications properly and promptly, including responding immediately to intercom, pages and routing of messages to appropriate person
• Takes all necessary steps to ensure safeguarding of patients clothing and valuables
• Keeps track of all equipment and supplies used; notifies appropriate persons regarding broken or lost equipment and missing supplies
• Adheres to Universal precaution, infection control, OSHA, and other regulatory policies and procedures; maintains safe work practices and follows facility safety procedures
• Assists with admitting, physical examination, transferring, and discharging patients
• Receives oncoming and gives off-going reports
• Assists in orientation of new employees, as necessary
• Uses A.I.D.E.T. when communicating with patients, families, visitors, co-workers and customers
• 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)

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)

Job Competency: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities critical to this role:

• Knowledgeable of key signs of distress which would require immediate placement of patient in ED during arrival at triage desk
• Knowledgeable of supplies and equipment in trauma room
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Must have strong relationship building skills and the ability to make and use connections throughout UofL Health and maintain strong partnerships with other departments
• Must have strong initiative and be able to gather and analyze information skillfully and be able to brainstorm alternative resources and directions
• Must be detail orientation in gathering relevant data while attending to essential details; checks work for accuracy and quality
• Must have great flexibility and the ability to continually look for ways to make appropriate adjustments and changes in order to meet to the changing needs of the ED

Language Ability:

• Must have the ability to read, interpret, and follow detailed oral, written and illustrated instructions, ability to write simple sentences to complete forms, chart patient data and detail medical instructions for subsequent care

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to break down problems or tasks; scanning one’s own knowledge and experience to identify causes and consequences of events and to identify appropriate solutions

Computer Skills:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Must have the capacity to learn other relevant systems and databases, as needed

Additional Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times
• Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times
• Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines
• Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members
• Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community

UofL Health Core Expectation: At UofL Health, we expect all our employees to live the values of honesty, integrity and compassion and demonstrate these values in their interactions with others and as they deliver excellent patient care by:

• Honoring and caring for the dignity of all persons in mind, body, and spirit
• Ensuring the highest quality of care for those we serve
• Working together as a team to achieve our goals
• Improving continuously by listening, and asking for and responding to feedback
• Seeking new and better ways to meet the needs of those we serve
• Using our resources wisely
• Understanding how each of our roles contributes to the success of UofL Health