Job Details
Description
Location/Department: Hospital - Med Surg
24/pp - every other weekend evenings Friday, Sat, Sun 2p-10p
Job Summary:
To facilitate communication within the Med Surg Unit & provide information.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Uses only approved abbreviations.
- Understands patient safety goals & actions taken.
- Demonstrates awareness of patient rights.
- Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, demonstrates process.
- Understands the spiritual aspects of patient care & can give examples of such.
- Uses respect & dignity when dealing with death & dying.
- Accurately reports to RN as warranted by condition.
- Gives report to other providers as needed.
- Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted.
- Answers call lights promptly & courteously & routes information as needed to staff.
- Acknowledges guests within 10 seconds of arrival to desk & greets them with a smile.
- Provides directions to guest as requested.
- Answers telephone within 3 rings & provides necessary information or relays messages to staff promptly.
- Rounds on patients at a minimum of every 2 hours & more frequently as indicated.
- Takes vitals including BP, T, RR, & HR as ordered & documents timely in EHR.
- Weighs patients using appropriate technique & documents timely in EHR.
- Records intake & output throughout the shift & documents timely in EHR.
- Assists with or bathes patient with privacy & documents timely in EHR.
- Provides mouth care with AM or HS care or as needed & documents timely in EHR.
- Provides cath care at HS or as needed & documents timely in EHR.
- Passes, sets up, & collects meal trays timely & documents in EHR.
- Assists patients with meals as needed.
- Passes snacks & refreshes ice/water at least once per 8-hour shift.
- Assists with walking, turning, transferring using appropriate technique & documents timely in EHR.
- Utilizes the correct bed type & mattress per patient condition.
- Performs active or passive ROM using appropriate technique & documents timely in EHR.
- Applies medical equipment using appropriate technique & documents timely in EHR.
- Sets up patient rooms for admission.
- Takes patients to car when discharged in wheelchair or as otherwise indicated.
- Packages up patient belongings for discharge or transfer.
- Transports patients to/from MS or from ESD as warranted.
- Processes instruments/equipment per protocol & can state process.
- Cleans patient care items as needed & keeps room clean & tidy.
- Keeps grossly soiled linens separate from other linens to prevent contamination.
- Maintains office equipment in good working order & notifies manager when repairs are required, takes out of service.
- Notifies appropriate staff when patients are in isolation, keeps patient data screen up to date, kardex.
- Maintains office equipment in good working order & notifies manager when repairs are required, takes out of service.
- Aware of door alarms & security methods of MS/SCA.
- Uses equipment safely & attends in-services as needed/offered.
- Restocks supplies when needed to PAR levels.
- Admits, transfers, & discharges patients from EHR & other forms promptly & accurately.
- Prepares charts appropriately for new admissions & disassembles for discharges/transfers.
- Places appropriate paperwork/strips on correct chart.
- Orders weekly office supplies.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Strong customer service skills & team player.
- Effectively communicates both verbal & written.
- Able to multi-task with accuracy & promptness.
- Able to work with health care providers.
- Able to operate basic office equipment & nurse call lights.