OA​/MT Per Diem

Flex Team Operations Associate/Monitor Tech will function in a supportive role to a registered nurse and work collaboratively with the health care team in the management of patient care. This position on the Flex Team allows the applicant to work with diverse patient populations;
Flex Team OA/MTs will float to multiple units in the adult hospital based on staffing needs. Flex Team OA/MTs report to the Clinical Manager but daily activities are coordinated by the clinical supervisor.

Responsibilities include organizing the patient medical record, filing documents in a patient record, facilitating communication among staff, relaying messages/information to staff members, facilitating bed management and patient throughput, performing necessary functions to process direct admissions to the unit, acting as a receptionist for visitors to the units and also as a business partner to the department and clinical staff, orienting patients and families to the unit, answering routine questions, multitasking, observing cardiac monitors, identifying and reporting irregular rhythms to a registered nurse for intervention, recording ECG monitor strips and ensuring maintenance of all monitoring equipment.

This job requires organization, accountability, flexibility and the capacity to adapt to constantly changing work environments.

• 1)
  Round throughout various medical surgical and telemetry units. Cover full shifts or break times.
• 2)Bed Management:
  Tracks, prioritizes and assigns beds. Communicates with BMD and BM for admissions, discharges and transfers (ADTs). Coordinates unit/department ADTs. Checks BMD enters new data, and advises Charge Nurse of changes. Checks CIS for discharge orders, follows up with MD, CM RN to assure discharge documents are complete. Enters discharges in OA Gold and pending discharges in BMD. Monitors BMD for observation patients to determine if patient needs discharge or status change.
  
  Tracks new admissions from the ED. Retrieves SBAR data from the ED and communicates to the nursing staff. Carries BMD and communicates with the charge nurse to retrieve SBAR.
• 3)Proficiently and accurately utilizes the following computer applications in daily work: C Word, OA Gold, SMS, CIS, Premise, BMD, and People Soft.
• 4)Communication: provides report/handoff to next shift including pending discharges, admissions in process, empty beds, beds being cleaned, and closed beds with the reason. Contacts other departments for priority tests for patients identified for next day discharge. Answers telephones and relays messages promptly with consistent accuracy to team members. Responds to routine inquires knowledgeably and/or refers them to appropriate person, assists staff as requested, ensures identified problems are communicated accurately and promptly.
  
  Places calls to MD’s and ancillary departments to facilitate patient care and throughput. Where appropriate, coordinates communication with NEOPO and related paperwork in conjunction with RN. Screen calls for clinical team and facilitate communication of information requested.
• 5)Observes cardiac monitors. Identifies and reports irregular rhythms to registered nurse for interpretation and intervention. Records and processes EKG monitor strips for defined
• 6)Hospital Records and logs:
  Maintains patient chart in proper sequence and labels pages with patient name. Prepares record prior to transfer and discharge. Explains and obtains signatures for Medicare forms. Organizes chart for Medical Records, faxes or copies records as needed. Sends discharge record to HIM (old and new) immediately after discharge. Updates discharge/admission log. Insures complete information is sent with transfers. Prepares patient charge ticket for data entry and…