Care Asst-Health Unit Coord
About The Position
The Care Assistant-Health Unit Coordinator is a vital caregiver and the central hub for patient care processes for a designated time frame, serving patients from newborn through geriatric age. The role contributes to safe, therapeutic patient care while serving as the primary receptionist and secretary for the unit. It supports multidisciplinary care processes, coordinates unit activities, manages information flow, and assists healthcare team members in delivering care across all patient age groups. The position provides personal care and comfort, assists with procedures and patient transitions, performs clinical activities within scope of practice, and observes and reports changes in patient condition to the RN. It also supports unit operations through documentation, specimen and equipment handling, maintaining a neat work environment, and ordering and replenishing supplies.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited Nursing Assistant program, upon hire, or military medical specialty training, upon hire.
- Certified Nursing Assistant: Washington, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support – CPR, upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Six months of related work experience.
- Experience in a hospital setting.
- Experience in a specialty unit.
- Preference for applicants with experience as both a Certified Nursing Assistant and Unit Coordinator.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient personal care and hygiene, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination.
- Provide additional care needed to meet assigned patients’ primary personal needs and comfort, consistent with skill, ability, scope-of-practice limitations, and patient acuity.
- Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for procedures and examinations.
- Perform, monitor, report, and document clinical activities within scope of practice.
- Observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN.
- Obtain labels and transport samples, including urine, stool, sputum specimens, and blood products.
- Provide patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care and document relevant patient data according to work-unit standards.
- Assist nursing staff with patient admission, discharge, and transfer, including handling belongings, providing personal care and comfort items, orienting patients and families, and transporting patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, or patient beds.
- When assigned, check, clean, and disinfect mobile non-critical medical equipment according to established standards, procedures, and manufacturer instructions, ensuring sufficient disinfectant contact time.
- Maintain a neat and organized work environment.
- Order, stock, and replenish supplies and equipment; identify and report supply or equipment problems; enter equipment repair requests, tag equipment, and remove it from service.
- Serve as the unit’s primary receptionist and secretary and coordinate unit activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
