ICU/CCU Patient Care & Unit Coordinator — Night Shift

UofL Health; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

UofL Health in Louisville, KY seeks a Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator for night shifts to support licensed nursing personnel. You will perform clerical tasks and provide direct patient care, ensuring clear communication with staff, patients, families, and visitors.

Duties include transcribing orders, maintaining medical records, taking vital signs, assisting with mobility and hygiene, and transporting items on the unit.

Qualifications

• Transcribes and computes physician orders accurately.
• Maintains patient records in proper order.
• Measures intake/output, heights, weights, and vital signs.
• Ensures HIPAA privacy and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Transcribes and computes physician orders, department orders and messages accurately.
• Writes legibly and transcribes orders accurately.
• Assembles patient medical records and maintains proper order of records within the chart.
• Sets up admission charts and disassembles discharged and transferred charts, checking for completeness.
• Handles desk communications properly and promptly, including responding to intercom and routing messages.
• Replaces forms as necessary in patient medical records.
• Communicates physician orders to responsible nurse.
• Collects required unit data and vital signs.
• Applies, monitors, and documents restraint usage.
• Performs and documents patient mobility and hygiene, grooming, and toileting needs.
• Transports patients, lab work, specimens, and blood.
• Maintains compliance with HIPAA and safety policies.

Skills

Transcribes orders

Vital signs

HIPAA compliance

Communication skills

Patient care support

Medical records

Job description

UofL Health in Louisville, KY seeks a Patient Care Assistant/Unit Coordinator for night shifts to support licensed nursing personnel. You will perform clerical tasks and provide direct patient care, ensuring clear communication with staff, patients, families, and visitors.

Duties include transcribing orders, maintaining medical records, taking vital signs, assisting with mobility and hygiene, and transporting items on the unit.