Team Center Coordinator - Medical/Surgical Telemetry

Team Center Coordinator - Medical/Surgical Telemetry

Join Cleveland Clinic's Martin North Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. This downtown Stuart hospital provides top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Martin County on the beautiful St. Lucie River. The caregivers at Martin North Hospital have made it an excellent medical facility and a home away from home.

Martin North Hospital's newly established Med/Surg unit on the 2nd floor of the South Tower cares for a wide range of patients with a variety of medical issues or who are preparing for or recovering from surgery. By joining this team as a Team Center Coordinator, you will provide top-quality customer service to patients, families and visitors to promote and support the best healthcare experience possible. You will perform various administrative and clerical duties to ensure efficient operational flow within the unit while offering direct patient care under the supervision of an RN. This role offers you a unique opportunity to enhance both your management and nursing skills in a welcoming, encouraging environment.

On this team, you will have access to opportunities for professional development including tuition reimbursement, preceptorship, cross-unit clinical experience to enhance your skills and knowledge and participation in shared governance initiatives.

A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00PM 7:30AM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Conduct an in-person greeting, welcome and orientation to the unit for newly admitted and transferred patients.
• Respond to patient call lights and make rounds.
• Assist with processing patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Assist patients and families with wayfinding and direct them to available resources.
• Assemble and maintain patient medical records and other documents related to patient care.
• Assist with unit clerical functions and in trouble-shooting equipment failures, such as call systems, portable phones, WOWs and other unit devices.
• Provide or assist with basic patient care activities, such as taking vital signs and weights, personal care, activities of daily living, patient transfers and transports, pulse oximetry and point of care testing.
• Report abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental or emotional condition to an RN.
• Assist with keeping patient rooms clean & orderly.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• One year of recent, full-time experience in patient care or customer service OR additional education/training OR current nursing student with at least one completed clinical rotation as part of an accredited Nursing Program OR military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1)
• Experience with typing, computer training or equivalent coursework

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Microsoft Office experience
• One of year of experience as a Clinical Technician

Physical Requirements:

• Work requires finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.
• Requires frequent data entry, standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• 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.
• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye/hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Medium Work - Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force rarely, and/or 0 to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.
• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires normal or corrected speech, hearing and vision.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or body fluids.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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