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At Riverside, everyday brings new and exciting challenges. You can expect an interesting environment where you’re part of making sure our organization is running optimally and safely, helping keep the community healthy. We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference. You will be able to succeed in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as a team. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us!

FTE: 0.900000

Shift: Days

Location: Riverside Medical Center

Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Ability to transfer patients within the hospital environment and assist with bed mobility .
• A ble to troubleshoot and maintain all office equipment and load paper.
• S orts and distributes incoming mail.
• O rders supplies for the department including patient room phones and consistently strives to keep work areas neat, clean and clutter free.
• A cts as a receptionist, sets a positive unit tone and uses good customer service skills.
• F ollows all hospital and HIPPA rules.
• A nswers telephones efficiently and courteously documenting/relaying message to staff, physicians, families, etc.
• A ssists with physician pages and notifies physicians of consults.
• A ssists patient, family, staff, and physician inquiries or refers to appropriate source.
• A ssist with self scheduling and is flexible when necessary.
• A ssists with all codes as needed.
• E fficiently handles work flow processes and paperwork including:
  • Distributing orders to pharmacy, dietary, radiology, etc.
  • Schedules and obtains diagnosis testing results from dietary, lab, radiology, etc.
  • Assists in the admitting, discharge and transfer of patients ensuring accuracy of paperwork.
  • Thins charts as needed; copies/faxes charts as required and files information on patient chart.
  • Able to run required cardiac monitor strips and mount in appropriate charts.
  • Competent in performing order entry; results inquiry; and patient location, obtaining corresponding printouts when needed.
  • Document chartable activities in computer.
• F ollow and maintain isolation procedures, especially chemo precautions and radium implant precautions.
• I n working with patients:
  • Assist with all aspects of ADL's.
  • Take temperatures, pulse, respirations, B/P's, and measure and document I & O's.
  • Feed patients and give them between meal fluids and nourishments.
  • Answer call lights in a timely and courteous manner.
  • Utilize safety restraints and assistive devices appropriately.
  • Obtain and record patient weights: standing, bedscale, and wheelchair.
• M ust attend 50% of unit secretary meetings and must attend unit meetings as often as possible.
• P erforms downtime procedures.
• R eports changes in patients' condition to the professional nurse.
• F ollow the interdisciplinary plan of care developed by the professional nurse.
• R estock supplies in patients' rooms.
• M ake beds, occupied or unoccupied.
  

Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.

Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

Other information:

Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Required to communicate with patient/families/staff/doctors, coworkers, ancillary personnel, other department heads, during presentations/training, telephone communication, and facilitate meetings. Ability to ask for help.
Vision: Needed to read memos MD orders, literature, and computer input. Required to observe patients; reading equipment and dials.
Smell: Helpful to note presence of incontinence, vomitus, blood, electrical/fire safety.
Hearing: Needed for telephone communication, meetings, alarms, hells for help, hear patient verbalizations, and listening to employee/patients & staff.
Touch: Contact with patients, need to distinguish between hot and cold. Needed to write, computer entry, filing.

Average Hours per Week: 0-36

Shift: Varies

Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: None

Environmental Factors (Time Spent) :
Inside hours: 6-40
Outside hours : 0

Special Hazards : Radiation, Chemical, Explosive - Chemical - drugs; Explosive-oxygen; Radiation-cesium implants and radioactive iodine therapy.
Protective Clothing Required: Gowns, gloves, goggles, masks, HEPA masks for TB.