Nursing Assistant/Unit Coordinator/Monitor Tech

North Mississippi Health Services; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

North Mississippi Health Services is seeking a Nursing Assistant/Unit Coordinator/Monitor Tech to provide critical support in the nursing unit. You will assist with medical record maintenance, patient care, admissions, discharges, and transfers, ensuring accurate documentation and timely communication with the RN/CN.

In this role you will monitor patient heart rhythms, interpret rhythms from devices, coordinate unit activities, perform clerical duties, and support a safe, patient-centered

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a clinical/nursing unit is preferred.
• Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.
• Ability to interpret monitoring device rhythms and report findings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing unit activities efficiently.
• Assist with admissions, discharges, transfers and unit changes using EMR and monitoring systems.
• Perform clerical duties, manage intake/outbound documents, and handle communications.
• Support patient care activities, assist with activities of daily living, and help maintain patient comfort.
• Facilitate effective communication among patients, families, nurses and physicians.
• Maintain unit records, logs and monitor assignments; document care in EMR.
• Monitor patient heart rates and rhythms and report irregularities to nursing staff.

Job description

Posting Description

We believe a career is more than just a career - it's a calling. Our teammates' "True North" is what calls them to health care; it's their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

Job Summary

The Nursing Assistant/Unit Coordinator/Monitor Tech at North Mississippi Health Services plays a vital role in medical record maintenance, patient care, secretarial/clerical/administrative tasks, inventory control, and communication within the nursing unit. They demonstrate strong leadership skills, prioritizing work assignments, and handle various responsibilities efficiently, contributing to a safe patient environment. The role involves interpreting rhythms and patterns from monitoring devices and reporting relevant information to the RN/CN, thereby ensuring timely and accurate patient care.

Coordination

• Effectively and efficiently coordinates the activities of the nursing unit.
• Assists with all admissions, discharges, transfers and changes within the unit utilizing the electronic patient tracking system, electronic medical record, and cardiac monitoring system.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Effectively and efficiently coordinates the activities of the nursing unit.
• Assists with all admissions, discharges, transfers and changes within the unit utilizing the electronic patient tracking system, electronic medical record, and cardiac monitoring system.

Clerical

• Performs a variety of office, secretarial and other related duties both within and in support of assigned unit.
• Manages all intake and outbound documents.
• Handles incoming and outgoing communications.
• Effectively and efficiently answer patients' call lights/requests and reports requests to appropriate personnel.

Patient Care

• Performs tasks related to routine patient care within an assigned unit under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Assists with patient's plan of care by providing and/or assisting with activities of daily living, including but not limited to personal hygiene, grooming, mobility, and comfort.
• Effectively and efficiently coordinates daily patient care activities on the nursing unit.
• Assists nursing staff to better facilitate patient admissions, discharges, and transfers.
• Performs a variety of duties both within and in support of assigned unit as delegated by nursing staff.
• Responds to patient's call lights/requests and reports to appropriate personnel when necessary.
• Assists patients in meeting nutritional needs, including but not limited to assisting with feeding, providing fluids and supplements.
• Inventory Control:
• Orders, stocks, and replenishes unit supplies and necessary equipment in a cost efficient manner.
• Participates in identifying unit financial responsibility during budget preparation.
• Assists with keeping unit within its budget restraints.

Communication

• Communicates patient information, concerns, or issues to appropriate interdisciplinary team member(s).
• Facilitates and directs communication among visitors, employees, and physicians within assigned unit.
• Facilitates unit communication including, but not limited to, telephones, intercom system, call light system, computers, etc. and relays information as appropriate.
• Communicates patient information, concerns, or issues to appropriate interdisciplinary team member(s). Customer Service:
• Greets and assists all customers, physicians, patients, visitors and employees in a friendly and efficient manner.
• Ensures a safe and clean environment for patients and health care team.
• Welcomes visitors to the unit by greeting them, answering questions, giving directions, and referring inquiries as appropriate to nursing staff.
• Answers telephone and directs calls and inquiries to the appropriate department or staff member.
• Polite and friendly in all interactions whether by phone or in person.

Reporting/Recordkeeping

• Facilitates effective communication between disciplines by providing organized medical records.
• Assures timely and accurate access to pertinent patient data.
• Maintains unit-specific records/reports (i.e. unit log books, staffing sheets, monitor assignments etc.) as assigned. Documentation:
• Documents care provided using worksheets and/or the electronic medical record.

Monitor Interpretation

• Responsible for monitoring patient heart rates and rhythms.
• Must be able to observe and analyze irregular patterns/changes in patient heart rate/rhythm and report it to appropriate staff.
• Must be able to monitor multiple patients simultaneously utilizing monitoring equipment.
• Responsible for recognizing when equipment needs professional maintenance or attention from nursing staff.
• May be responsible for cleaning and maintaining monitoring equipment (replacing batteries, cleaning leads, etc.).

Regulation

• Adheres to professional standards, behavioral standards, and hospital policies as set forth by the organization.
• Complies with applicable Local/State/Federal policies/procedures/guideline/regulations/laws/statues.
• Maintains confidentiality by protecting personal healthcare information of all patients.