Health Unit Coordinator - Float Pool
Vero Beach
Indian River Hospital
Nurse Pool ACC-Indian River Hospital
000929
Evenings
3:00pm-11:30pm
Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providingoptimalfamily-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work withstate-of-the-arttechnology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world
In the Float Pool, you will work with diverse populations of patients innumerousunits, departments and/or locations while learning from many of our best caregivers. As a Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) on the team, you will offer unparalleled customer service to patients,familiesand visitors to enhance the Cleveland Clinic experience. Using your administrative and clerical skills, you will ensure efficient operational flow of the department, allowing your fellow caregivers to continue providingoptimalpatient care.
A caregiver in this position works evenings from 3:00PM – 11:30PM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Provide general secretarial and clerical duties and other duties such as placing charts in proper order, stamping documents including EMS log with date and name of patient, gathering and organization of emergency patient data, preparing charts, collectingdataand completing general clerical duties.
Complete physician order process and order entry.
Answer call lights and follow up withappropriate caregivers
Ensure proper closing of charts (e.g.charge sheets, Health Screening Assessment, narrative notes, etc.) and that completed charts go to the Data Coordinator on discharge.
Act as a receptionist and answer telephone, relay messages, place calls and interact with patients, families, visitors,staffand other departments in a professional manner.
Transcribe physician's orders accurately, alert nurses to new orders, single orders, and stat medications and confirm that a Registered Nurse signs all orders.
Receive and relay messages with accuracy from other departments (e.g.Lab, X-Ray, Admitting, etc.).
Confirm that lab requisitions for patients are completed and sent to Lab.
Answer patient call lightsin a timely mannerand follow up withappropriate nursingpersonnel with patient needs.
Assess and organize workload,determineorder ofimportanceand prioritize work.
Enter work orders incomputerforappropriate departmentsregardingmaintenance issues, biomedneedsand IT related problems.
Notify Environmental Services of rooms to be cleaned.
Ensure 100% compliance with patient ADT functions and computer status.
Complete a unit activity/time log for discharge,transferand admissions.
Complete Occurrence Report forms.
Contact Patient Concierge or address patients/family issues withappropriate departmenthead and act as a patient advocate to ensure proper patient comfort by alerting nursing caregivers of patients' needs (e.g., pain, anxiety, etc.).
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
High School Diploma or GED
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
One year of clerical experience
Physical Requirements:
Personal Protective Equipment:
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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