ED Tech/Unit Coordinator, Medical Center Southwest, 11a-11p

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Emergency Department Tech/Unit Coordinator provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner under the direction of a registered nurse. The role also performs clerical functions and supports patient admission and discharge across multiple computer systems, phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma care, and respiratory functions. 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, UofL Health focuses on delivering patient-centered care to each patient every day.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED/equivalent.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Nice To Haves

Completion of a recognized Clinical Assistant, Medical Assistant, or EMT training program, or nursing students who have completed a Fundamentals of Nursing course at an accredited school of nursing.
Previous Emergency Department experience.
Certification as a Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Responsibilities

Measure and document intake and output, heights and weights, and vital signs.
Apply, monitor, and document restraint usage and perform standard safety checks on high-risk patients.
Obtain timed cardiac markers for patients with life-threatening heart disease.
Verify patient registration before discharge and correct errors in applicable systems.
Perform and document patient mobility, exercise, comfort, rest, sleep, hygiene, grooming, dressing, skin and nail care, dietary, toileting, and elimination needs.
Transport patients, laboratory work, specimens, and blood.
Organize, assemble, clean, disinfect, and maintain equipment and supplies; communicate equipment malfunctions to biomedical engineering.
Stock the trauma room in preparation for trauma patients.
Apply and document non-sterile hot or cold packs and compresses, bandages, elastic stockings, and similar items.
Safely operate beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, hypo/hyperthermia units, mechanical lifts, bed scales, and other equipment.
Perform venipuncture for specimen collection under RN direction, label specimens, and ensure their delivery to the Clinical Laboratory.
Perform routine 12-lead electrocardiography testing under RN direction.
Assist the RN or respiratory therapist with nasal cannula placement.
Assist physicians and NP/PAs with procedure setups, including sterile fields.
Accurately transcribe and enter physician and department orders and messages; page consults and locate providers as needed.
Set up admission charts and disassemble charts for discharged and transferred patients, ensuring completion.
Perform equipment safety checks and quality assurance and quality control on point-of-care testing machines.
Update patient files and the hospital billing system with information needed to complete the collection cycle; obtain patient or guarantor signatures for release of information.
Ensure accurate assignment of patient medical record numbers and correct documentation of ordering, attending, referring, and primary care physicians in the hospital computer system.
Provide support for orthopedic injuries, including splinting, crutch training, and assisting physicians.
Perform wound-care irrigation.
Respond appropriately in lifesaving situations.
Handle desk communications promptly, including intercoms, pages, and routing messages to the appropriate person.
Safeguard patients’ clothing and valuables.
Track equipment and supplies and notify appropriate persons about broken or lost equipment and missing supplies.
Follow universal precautions, infection-control, OSHA, regulatory, and facility safety policies and procedures.
Assist with patient admission, physical examination, transfer, and discharge.
Receive oncoming reports and give off-going reports.
Assist with orientation of new employees as necessary.
Use A.I.D.E.T. when communicating with patients, families, visitors, coworkers, and customers.
Comply with company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, and HIPAA privacy and security requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.