Qualifications
** Education & Experience**
- Completion of a high school level course of work with attainment of high school diploma or a State High School Equivalency (GED).
- Six months of direct patient care experience in a health care facility preferred.
- Ability to organize work priorities, perform several duties simultaneously and function in stressful situations.
- Ability to learn and apply computer systems.
- Highly effective verbal communication skills including courtesy, resourcefulness and efficiency in answering questions, giving directions, locating staff and explaining hospital/departmental policies and procedures are necessary.
- Verbal communication skills may include communicating with an interdisciplinary team, patients, and families.
- Effective writing skills are also required in order to take messages and maintain miscellaneous records, receipts, reports and logs.
** Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- Assemble admission charts/breakdown discharge charts.
- File documents and loose paperwork in charts
- Infection Control: Standard Precautions, Isolation Precautions
- First responder to patient call lights
- Accurate keyboard skills
- Maintain Unit communication board
- Orient new staff
- STAR/EPIC/iPath
- Maintain downtime charting needs.
- Collect quarterly data per Patient Care Manager
- Activate emergency response systems (RRT/911/Code)
- Medical Emergency Preparedness: Current CPR
- Distributes patient mail and deliveries
- Transportation arrangements for clinic appointments, etc.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.