Certified Nursing Assistant 3, Remote Video Monitoring Technician, East Utower

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Shift: days, evenings, nights, variable shift, depends on availability)

Work Location: UHealth Tower – University Miami Hospital

• Performs minor physical therapy routines and turning in bed to prevent bedsores.
• Administers enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, therapeutic and sitz baths, and applies restraints.
• This is an onsite position. Not remote.
• Provides for patients’ personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves, and assisting with showers.
• Assists lower level certified nursing assistants.
• Provides patient help with walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies, procedures, and safeguards University assets.
• May collect urine samples, attach EKG leads and remove catheters.
• Measures and records food and liquid intake, output, checks, and records vital signs.
• Maintains a safe and attractive environment for patients and staff and transports patients and equipment.
• A nswers patients’ call lights and requests promptly.
• Assembles, monitors, and discontinues feeding of intravenous nutrition.
• Assists with meals and feeds patients, ambulates, turns, and positions patients, and provides fresh water and nourishment between meals.
• Reports patient conditions to the assigned nurse to ensure professional assessment.
• Performs sugar and acetone urine testing, specimen collection, and post-mortem care.

Unit Secretary Duties:

• Ensure appropriate resources, equipment and supplies are available.
• Comply with the employee Code of Ethics and Standards of Behavior.
• Maintains appropriate logs.
• Greets Visitors and callers, using a calm and friendly approach when communicating with others.
• Maintains the patient's chart in appropriate order. Initiates and assembles admission chart within 15 minutes of patients' arrival to the unit.
• Utilizes time constructively and in an organized manner to accomplish assigned responsibilities.
• Maintains a clean, safe and functional work area in the Nursing Station.
• Preform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
• Answers the telephone before the fourth ring.
• Attend mandatory educational programs and annual in-services.
• Records and delivers messages.
• Prepares patient Welcome Packets and Folders for each patient.
• Assures that all pertinent information and forms are sent to the receiving unit when patients are transferred.
• Complete Clean Room Checklist for every room prior to patient arrival.
• Follow facility, departmental and personnel policies and procedures.
• Consistently supports the philosophy of service excellence of the organization.
• Utilizes universal precautions and environmental safety guidelines.
• Takes messages, answers routine questions, and transfers call to appropriate areas and individuals.
• Uses telephone etiquette standards 100%, using hospital designated scripting.
• Consistently initiates a positive communication with the patients, family members, nurses and physicians in a courteous manner.
• Comply with established measures for infection control, OSHA and AHCA regulations and risk management.
• Greets all customers when entering the unit, handles their inquiries, and directs them to the appropriate person and/or area.
• Creates a calm, business like atmosphere that promotes productivity.

Remote Video Monitor Technician Duties:

• Obtains hand-off communication via the RN regarding ambulation limitations and course of action for redirection of patient if needed.
• Documents observations and disperses team communication in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Completes required observation documentation at established interval.
• Obtains shift-to-shift hand-off report from previous shift.
• Obtains verbal report from the patient’s nurse to include information regarding the patient’s identified care needs, reason for observation, visual, auditory, or language barriers as well as any special considerations such as bed alarms, and speaker checks.
• Ensures complete visualization of the patient via remote monitoring equipment.
• Notifies RN or Charge RN of changes in patient status observed on Central Station.
• Immediately reports defective equipment failure to Charge Nurse and begins downtime procedure.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment.

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