ED Support Assistant

Description

ED SUPPORT ASSISTANT WANTED - 20 HOURS - DANBURY HOSPITAL

Come join a growing and dynamic Emergency Department Team. In this role you will provide clerical support among other tasks. The ability to handle 100's of calls and quickly pivot are necessary to be successful. Knowledge of Medical Terms is REQUIRED. Previous healthcare experience strongly preferred. This is a good first step to growing a career within the emergency department. Pay based on full years of experience and starts at $17/hour plus shift differentials. Benefits offered. This is a union role.

Summary

Provides clerical support, coordinates general activity and communicates clearly with all disciplines. Assists with patient through-put and other related tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and performs clerical needs of the unit based on clinical requests and monitoring of patient activity in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner.
• Provides input to charge nurse, clinical leader, and manager with department staffing process.
• Maintains proficiency in HMED, Cerner, Invision, Teletracking and other system applications required for the performance of required duties.
• Completes and maintains scanning functions accurately identifying the correct patient and document to ensure an accurate patient chart in EDIS and Document Imaging.
• Performs all tasks associated with various alerts; may include but is not limited to Trauma alert, Stroke Alert, STEMI alert, etc.
• Maintains knowledge of all downtime functions and their associated impact on ancillary systems. Functions may include but are not limited to HMED and Cerner registration, Cerner orders, Invision orders, obtaining results, scanning of downtime documents, etc.
• Interacts effectively with other department staff who are required to provide patient care such as phlebotomy, radiology, respiratory, etc.
• Maintains knowledge of and performs Disaster Plan (Plan D) tasks timely, and efficiently assisting the clinical staff with patient through-put.
• Organizes and maintains all logs and files to achieve compliance with JCAHO, State, Federal, department, and organization requirements.
• Provides information appropriate to the age of the patients served on her/his assigned shift and within the parameters of the position.
• Ensures patient satisfaction through appropriate communications both in person and on the phone. Provides clear, concise information and timely transfer of calls or information to the charge nurse.
• Manages and maintains various supplies such as forms, labels, paper, etc.
• Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members and patients.
• Maintains a safe and orderly work environment.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Education: HS GRAD/EQUIVALENT

Other Information

Required: Data entry. Ability to navigate a multi-application environment.

Minimum Experience: six months

Desired: MS Word and MS Excel.

Working Conditions

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk

Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Danbury Hospital

Org Unit: 119

Department: Emergency Department

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $16.50 - $30.44 Hourly