Unit Coordinator & Monitor Tech

North Mississippi Health Services, Inc.; Pontotoc, Northern (MS, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Unit Coordinator/Monitor Tech role at North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. supports the nursing unit with medical record maintenance, clerical tasks, and patient care assistance.

You will interpret rhythms from monitoring devices and relay information to the RN/CN to ensure timely patient care. This full-time night position requires strong organizational and communication skills, ability to prioritize, and readiness to complete ECG monitoring training within 3 months.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate computer systems and maintain unit records.
• Completes SCM training; ECG monitoring within 3 months of employment.
• Continues education requirements and unit orientation.

Responsibilities

• Maintains unit medical records for timely access.
• Performs routine tasks under RN supervision for patient care.
• Prepares and maintains unit reports to support quality performance.
• Manages unit supplies and facilitates effective communications.
• Interprets rhythms and reports patient information to RN/CN.

Skills

Computer literacy

ECG monitoring training

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Prioritization

Self-starting

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

Fax machines

Laser printers

Central monitors

Job description

## Unit Coordinator & Monitor TechApply: Pontotoc - Health Services: Full time: Posted 3 Days Ago: JR100287We 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.**Department:**42006100 Acute Nursing**Work Shift:**Full time, Nights.**Job Description:**The 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.***JOB FUNCTIONS*****Medical Record Information:** • Maintains the medical record at unit level to assure timely and accurate access to pertinent patient data. • Shreds discarded patient information every shift.**Patient Care:** • Performs routine tasks within an assigned patient unit under the supervision of a nurse.**Secretarial/Clerical/Administrative:** • Prepares, compiles, and maintains unit records and reports to facilitate quality performance of. functions. • Documents as appropriate.**Inventory Control:** • Maintains and monitors unit supplies to assure adequate availability of budgeted resources.**Communications:** • Facilitates unit communications including, but not limited to, telephones, intercom, computer,. etc., and relays information as appropriate. • Reports patient information such as abnormal vital. signs, patient condition, etc to RN/LPN.**Customer Relations:** • Projects caring, friendly, and helpful image to patients and other customers. • Performs duties assigned to meet personal needs and comfort of patients. • Monitor Interpretation: Interprets rhythms and/or patterns and reports to RN/CN. ***Knowledge Skills and Abilities:*** • Ability to operate computer • Completes SCM training; successfully completes the requirements for basic ECG monitoring within 3 months of employment • Completes unit coordinator orientation, ability to operate fax machines, laser printers and central monitors • Have organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills • Utilizes and cares for equipment on nursing unit. • Must meet continuing education requirements. • Maintains knowledge and resources necessary to provide care for neonate, infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatric. • Must be able to recognize changes in patient condition and report appropriately. • Anticipates resources needed • Prioritizes work assignments. • Ability to assimilate data and information and report to appropriate person. • Ability to perform several functions at once. • Initiates and follows through with work assignments is a self-starter. • Assists in orientation of new employees to unit and reports to the DON/Charge Nurse. • Must be able to prioritize patient care, and carry out assigned duties, and report and/or. • document same utilizing worksheet. • Assume additional duties as delegated or needed. • Demonstrate commitment to the origination and its mission. • Maintains confidentiality of patients and employee information and records. • Projects a positive image of the unit to all customers who present to the unit. • Routinely communicates with professional caregivers, ancillary caregivers, patients, visitors, and co-workers. • Demonstrates telephone etiquette and effective interpersonal skills. • Required to project positive image of the unit to all customers. • Promotes harmony on unit and with other departments. • Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills. ***Physical Demands:*** A thorough completion of this section is needed for compliance with legal standards such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. **• Standing:** Constantly **• Walking:** Constantly **• Sitting:** Occasionally **• Lifting/Carrying:** Frequently 50 lbs **• Pushing/Pulling:** Frequently **• Climbing:** Occasionally **• Balancing:** Occasionally **• Stooping/Kneeling/Bending:** Occasionally **• Reaching/Over Head Work:** Occasionally **• Grasping:** Frequently **• Speaking:** Constantly **• Hearing:** Constantly **• Repetitive Motions:** Constantly • Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations: Frequently**Salary Range:**$15.07 - $22.61## **Education:**High School Diploma, GED, or Project Search Graduate | Required**Certifications:**DNU CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation - CPR - CPR