SAH Health Unit Coordinator

Brown Medicine • Los Angeles, CA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Health Unit Coordinator, cross-trained in the role of Nursing Assistant, based on the needs of the department. The role involves a combination of providing direct care and technical assistance to RNs and M.D.s, as well as performing various computer, clerical, scheduling, and supply functions essential for department operations. Brown University Health employees are expected to embody the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate core Success Factors including Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate. Brown University Health is Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, providing premier health services, including the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. With over 20,000 employees, it is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI. It comprises three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's, The Miriam Hospital, and Bradley Hospital), along with community hospitals Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital, and Morton Hospital, Gateway Healthcare, and Brown Health Medical Group. The organization is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, valuing various backgrounds and perspectives, and fostering a respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports employee well-being.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Assistant training program

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of one year working in a hospital setting
• Student nurse who has completed two years of nursing school
• Medical secretary experience
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Bilingual

Responsibilities

• Assembles and labels charts for incoming patients
• Transcribes physicians orders in an accurate, neat and timely manner
• Notifies Patient care Manager of any lack of information on orders
• Accurately enters all orders from Lab, X-Ray, etc. into computer
• Assures that each order on physician's order sheet and kardexes have corresponding number from computer
• Secures records from previous admission as necessary
• Prepares chart for transfer and secures photocopies as needed
• Prepares chart for discharge and assures that chart is complete
• Notifies Patient Care Manager of any lack of documentation at time of discharge
• Enters discharge into the computer when patient has left unit
• Lists all new admissions, diets, changes or discharges on kardexes and enters necessary information into computer
• Returns to Pharmacy all medications that RN has removed from cassette at discharge
• On a daily basis, checks medication supplies, obtains necessary meds from Pharmacy and supplies form CSR
• Notifies appropriate physicians of any consultations, discharges, transfers or expirations

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities
• Work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment
• Diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives
• Respectful, inclusive, and equitable environment that supports the holistic well-being of employees and their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED