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Health Unit Coordinator - Float Pool

Cleveland Clinic  •  United States (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Health Unit Coordinator - Float Pool

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

Nurse Pool ACC-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

000929

Shift

Evenings

Schedule

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:

  • Requires frequent walking from department to department; requires sitting at a workstation or desk; requires standing; work may include occasional pushing and/or pulling, lifting, and carrying objects weighing up to 50 lbs., such as files, documents and computer printouts.
  • Work requires finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.
  • Mental Demands: Ability to work at a fast pace and prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to numerous requests; ability to resolve conflicts among staff and to work collaboratively with department directors, physicians and other members of the Healthcare team; ability to ensure operational efficiency; ability to problem-solve and make decisions; ability to exercise self-control and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.
  • Special Demands: Needs minimal sustained direction in assessing needs, directing staff and carrying out departmental and professional responsibilities.
  • Self-starting and self-motivating; working hours may exceed eight (8) hours per day and is based on what is needed to accomplish work at hand.

Personal Protective Equipment:

  • Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

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.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

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About Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit, multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education.

Founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation, Cleveland Clinic has become one of the largest and most respected hospitals in the country.

Cleveland Clinic facilities can be found throughout Northeast Ohio, as well as around the country and world including:

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