ED Tech/Unit Coordinator, Medical Center Southwest, PRN

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The ED Tech/Unit Coordinator provides clinical patient care support in a caring, safe, and efficient manner under the direction of an RN. The role also performs clerical and patient-flow functions, including admitting and discharging patients in multiple computer systems, phlebotomy, EKG lead placement, trauma care, and respiratory functions. The position supports emergency department care through patient monitoring, mobility and personal care, specimen collection, electrocardiography, equipment preparation and maintenance, order entry, chart management, and coordination with clinical staff. It also supports patient registration and billing information processes, maintains safety and infection-control practices, protects patient confidentiality, and responds appropriately in lifesaving situations.

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 completion of the Fundamentals of Nursing course as a nursing student 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 that patients are registered by an admission specialist before discharge and correct system errors.
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, and disinfect equipment and maintain disinfectant solutions according to infection-control policies; 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, and bed scales.
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 RT with nasal cannula placement and assist MDs and NP/PAs with procedure setups, including sterile fields.
Accurately transcribe and enter physician orders, department orders, and messages; page consults and locate providers for consults as needed.
Set up admission charts and disassemble discharged and transferred charts, ensuring completion.
Perform equipment safety checks and quality assurance/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 (SMS).
Support care for patients with orthopedic injuries, including splinting, crutch training, and assisting the physician.
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 admitting, physical examinations, transferring, and discharging patients.
Receive oncoming reports and provide 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.