Night Shift Nursing Station Tech & Unit Clerk (0.6 FTE)

Socket.dev; Burnsville (MN); On-site; USD 23,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Socket.dev seeks a Nursing Assistant / Health Unit Coordinator on the Med-Surg Oncology MS5 unit in Burnsville, MN. This .6 FTE role includes 12-hour night shifts, every third weekend, and comprehensive patient-care duties with unit coordination responsibilities.

You will assist with personal cares, vital signs, documentation, and communication, while maintaining privacy, safety, and infection control on the unit.

Qualifications

• Assists patients with personal cares.
• Assures patient privacy and safety.
• Responds to patient call lights.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Documents care provided.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with personal cares.
• Assures patient privacy and safety.
• Recognizes patient/family needs for comfort.
• Provides appropriate comforting measures.
• Responds to patient call lights.
• Recognizes when different approaches are needed due to age or cultural background.
• Utilizes equipment properly.
• Uses appropriate infection control techniques.
• Uses supplies and equipment appropriately.
• Seeks assistance when faced with abnormal situations.
• Documents care provided.
• Reports unusual data or changes in patient condition to nurse in a timely manner.
• Responds appropriately to emergent situations.
• Assists the nurses in monitoring patient condition.
• Maintains patient confidentiality
• Provides updates and report to maintain continuity of care and keeps staff informed of changes in patients schedules.
• Uses established communication system to contact staff members.
• Responds appropriately to emergent situations.
• Maintains order and cleanliness in –patient care rooms, central desk area, and other areas as assigned.
• Assists with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Provides courier and escort services as needed.
• Responsible for the maintenance of desk area and patient supplies and equipment according to designated standards
• Assures that each medical record is complete, in appropriate order, and current.
• Assures that all medical orders are transcribed in an accurate, timely manner and in accordance with unit guidelines.
• Files chart reports in a timely manner.
• anticipates needs and prepares charts for admission, transfer, and discharge including copying appropriate information for discharge to other health care facilities.
• Utilizes correct medical terminology and proper abbreviations and uses proper abbreviations and symbols per procedures.
• Schedules patient tests and procedures:
• Considers patient needs and changing condition to schedule tests and procedures accordingly.
• Works with other members of the health care team to prioritize tests and procedures when multiple requests are requested.
• Communicates clearly to other departments and services to assure they have all essential information including special requests and needs of the patient.
• Recognizes when different considerations are needed due to age, or cultural background.
• Maintains unit communication systems and central desk area:
• Records scheduled tests and procedures on kardexs and communication boards.
• Handles specimens and patient equipment according to proper infection control practices.
• Notifies appropriate team members when tests or procedure results and other information are available.
• Responsible for the completion of clerical duties in an organized and priority-based manner.
• Receives all patients, family members, visitors and other members of the health team:
• Notices and greets people as they approach the desk.
• Responds to everyone in a welcoming and positive manner.
• Answers telephone and responds to calls according to unit guidelines and customer service principles.
• Coordinates activities of the desk area to provide prompt, accurate and courteous handling of communication. Consistently answers patient intercom promptly and relays patient requests in a timely manner.
• Maintains unit stock/supplies/equipment:
• Monitors and coordinates ordering and stocking of supplies, forms, and equipment per designated standards on routine basis.
• Orders individual patient supplies as directed by a nurse or as indicated on physician orders.
• Notifies appropriate department per procedure for equipment requiring maintenance and follows through on status of equipment as necessary.
• Demonstrates general knowledge of cost containment and awareness of cost control by following designated standards of the patient care area.
• Participates in orientation of new staff on the patient care unit.
• Demonstrates and shares knowledge of priority-based job responsibilities in an organized manner with the new staff.
• Demonstrates and shares knowledge of policies specific to FRH or include: patient confidentiality, safety/emergency procedures, infection control.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Infection control

Communication

Job description

Socket.dev seeks a Nursing Assistant / Health Unit Coordinator on the Med-Surg Oncology MS5 unit in Burnsville, MN. This .6 FTE role includes 12-hour night shifts, every third weekend, and comprehensive patient-care duties with unit coordination responsibilities.

You will assist with personal cares, vital signs, documentation, and communication, while maintaining privacy, safety, and infection control on the unit.