ED Observation Unit - Unit Secretary/Monitor Tech Days

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Kentucky seeks an Observation Unit Tech to support nursing and medical staff on the Observation Unit. You will perform selected procedures and duties as a Unit Secretary/monitor tech, under RN supervision.

This full-time 1st shift role emphasizes accurate documentation, rhythm and oxygen monitoring, and timely data entry, with both clinical and clerical responsibilities.

Qualifications

• BLS within 90 days.
• Monitor Tech course completion within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Communicates effectively to enhance unit operations.
• Transcribes orders according to policy and procedure.
• Maintains the Medical Record Documents appropriately and according to policy and procedure on the medical record.
• Enters and transmits computer system information to other departments accurately and in a timely manner.
• Documents and communicates information regarding patient rhythms and oxygen saturations.
• Initiates cardiac monitoring and maintain equipment and supplies.

Job description

Summary Job Description

Shift:1st Status: Full-Time Job Summary: The Observation Unit Tech assists the nursing and medical staff by performing selected procedures and tasks for the care of the Observation Unit patients. They also perform duties as Unit Secretary/monitor tech, thus having both a clinical and clerical aspect to their role. All functions must be within the scope of training and instruction received and is under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The following is a summary of the major functions of this position. Registered nurses may perform other duties, not specified in this document and specific functions may change as professional practice and standards evolve.

• Communicates effectively to enhance unit operations
• Transcribes orders according to policy and procedure
• Maintains the Medical Record Documents appropriately and according to policy and procedure on the medical record
• Enters and transmits computer system information to other departments accurately and in a timely manner
• Documents and communicates information regarding patient rhythms and oxygen saturations
• Initiates cardiac monitoring and maintain equipment and supplies

Minimum Requirements

• BLS within 90 days
• Monitor Tech course completion within 90 days

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll‑free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.