LNA/Health Unit Coordinator | Emergency Department | Full Time | Concord Hospital Laconia - Concord Hospital

Summary

Under the general direction of the Resource Person, the Health Unit Coordinator/Licensed Nursing Assistant is responsible for a variety of clerical and administrative tasks for the department, as well as direct and indirect patient care which includes Activities of Daily Living ( ADL) and personal care needs.

Education

High school or GED preferred.

Required: Proof of LNA Education Certificate and Final Report of Written and Clinical Competency Testing Results (as required by NH Board of Nursing).

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.

Licensure required: Licensed Nursing Assistant in the State of NH.

Experience

One year related experience required and/or training in health care environment or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates patient and information flow at the desk area to clinical staff, patients/families and other

  departments.

• Under the general direction of the RN, performs a variety of clinical and technical functions for the pre-op,

  post-op and inpatient.

• Completes order entry process, coordinates computer downtime, and coordinates patient information

  changes in the computer.

• Helps ensure a clean, safe environment with appropriately stocked supplies and functioning equipment.

• Demonstrates adherence to safe patient handling policy.

• Receives delegated work adhering to the five rights of delegation.

• Serves as a preceptor for new employees.

• Documents care provided and reports to the RN observations of patient’s physical, social and mental

  status and basic patient data collected.

• Greets the patient, and family of the patient, for their surgical encounter or inpatient admission.

• Prepares and/or organizes and/or disassembles the patient medical records for charts according to HIMS

  specifications.

• Performs a variety of clerical, administrative and receptionist functions.

• Maintains the patient care areas to ensure cleanliness, safety and supplies of material and equipment.

• Demonstrates time management skills.

• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

The employee is frequently required to do repetitive motion, hear, perform activities that require fine motor skills, reach, sit, speak, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to bend, kneel, smell, squat, and stand.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, toxic or caustic chemicals.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.