Nursing Assistant and Unit Secretary - Neurosurgical ICU - Day

Wellspan Health • York, PA

122d

About The Position

The Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit (NSICU) is a 10-bed intensive care unit (ICU) that provides care to critically ill stroke patients (both ischemic and hemorrhagic) and non-traumatic neurosurgery and neurology patients 18 years and older and serves as an overflow unit for medical patients. Post-operative neurosurgery and neuro-endovascular surgery procedures and care provided include, but are not limited to: ICP monitoring, care post IV and/or IA tPA administration, mechanical thrombectomy, AVM repair, aneurysm repair, carotid stenting procedures, craniotomy, CRRT, ventilator management, and hemodynamic monitoring.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Less than 1 year relevant experience.
• Basic Life Support certification upon hire.
• Certified Nurse Aide certification upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Completion of course for unit secretaries and medical terminology.
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills.
• Excellent computer skills and ability to use various software applications in a windows environment.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a receptionist for visitors and serves as a central contact for telephone calls and a distribution point for paper and electronic communication, laboratory and test results.
• Interacts daily with visitors, patients, physicians and staff and displays a positive, helpful attitude.
• Demonstrates ability to accurately transcribe physician orders and creates and maintains the medical record.
• Schedules patient care services.
• Responsible for electronic data entry and retrieval.
• Provides clinical support services to patient care staff by performing a variety of duties related to patient care.
• Takes patient vital signs, assists patients with activities of daily living (e.g., bathing, feeding, toileting, etc.), inventories and replenishes supplies and equipment.
• May perform special assigned duties such as performing EKGs and Point-of-Care testing.
• Monitors patient condition levels; reports changes to the appropriate individuals.
• Ensures patient rooms, nursing areas, supply carts, etc. are stocked with appropriate items at required levels.
• Greets, directs and assists physicians, visitors, patients and ancillary department staff.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Enters and/or retrieves data from established computer files using knowledge of various computer applications designed for functions such as patient management, patient census, acuity, composer, bed tracking, transport, etc.
• Performs a variety of duties related to the creation and maintenance of the patient medical record in a manner which expedites patient admission, transfer and discharge.
• Communicates changes in the patient's condition and other urgent information to the Registered Nurse in a timely manner.
• Orders and stocks supplies on an ongoing basis.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• Short-term disability.
• Education assistance.
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay.
• Wellness and Wellbeing programs.
• Caregiver support via Wellthy.
• Childcare referral service via Wellthy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: High school or GED