Unit Clinical Assistant - UCA - Surgery Unit - Full Time Days - 72hours biweekly

Posted:
10/31/2024, 9:48:58 AM

Location(s):
Danville, Indiana, United States ⋅ Indiana, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary

Job Summary :

Every Hendricks associate has their own unique story to how they joined our family. Start your own journey with Hendricks. Seeking individual for full time days, working 12-hour shifts 7a-7:30p. Previous patient care experience a plus.

To support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care through use of a combination of direct patient care, communication modes, and clerical functions.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities: 

Fiscal Responsibility

  • Efficiently use supplies and equipment
  • Complete assignments and duties in a timely manner
  • Leave shift on time and utilize time keeping system
  • Demonstrate productivity and accepts EDO and float assignments
  • Fill out appropriate work orders and support unit goals to eliminate waste

Quality

  • Participate and appropriately documents per unit specific standards and remain up to date with policy changes
  • Possess ability to problem solve and to multitask within their scope of practice
  • Offer suggestions to improve unit flow and patient experience
  • Accept delegation of tasks appropriately
  • Engages in teamwork

Patient Satisfaction

  • Promote patient satisfaction as exemplified by patient recognition, letters from patients and families, or SEA(Service Excellence Award)
  • Timely response to patient needs
  • Practice professional use of personal electronic devices in patient care areas and keep noise to a minimum at all times
  • Exemplifies excellent guest relations to patients, family members, and visitors
  • Purposeful patient rounding

Patient Safety

  • Practice safe patient mobilization and incorporate fall prevention interventions
  • Use 2 patient identifiers with all tasks and point of care testing
  • Utilize the event management system for each unusual occurrence
  • Adjust care routines to meet the individual patient needs in the role of UC or UCA as assigned
  • Adhere to HIPAA and follow social media policy

Professional Growth

  • Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues and others including orientation and cross-training
  • Demonstrates leadership and be a resource for peers, be an active council member, be a super  user, serve as a preceptor…
  • Identifies professional needs and collaborates with management for learning opportunities for self  and for the unit
  • Participate in development and implementation of departmental goals
  • Attend product practice change in-services

Customer Service

  • Engage patients and their family
  • Provide a professional and quiet patient environment, be flexible with assignments, staffing needs and assigned shifts
  • Practice AIDET (Acknowledge, Identify, Duration, Explanation, Thank You)
  • Promote commitment to co-workers, view all staff as part of an equal team and be approachable at all times, and maintain interdepartmental
  • Relationships
  • Provide holistic care for all types of diverse patient populations

Education and Experience Required: 

  • High School graduate or equivalent
  • Basic BLS: must obtain within 3 months of hire

Work Shift :

7:00am – 7:30pm (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

36