Unit Clerk - ICU (full-time)

Unit Clerk - Icu (Full-Time)

You'll want to join Billings Clinic for our outstanding quality of care, exciting environment, interesting cases from a vast geography, advanced technology and educational opportunities. We are in the top 1% of hospitals internationally for receiving Magnet Recognition consecutively since 2006. And you'll want to stay at Billings Clinic for the amazing teamwork, caring atmosphere, and a culture that values kindness, safety and courage. This is an incredible place to learn and grow. Billings, Montana, is a friendly, college community in the Rocky Mountains with great schools and abundant family activities. Amazing outdoor recreation is just minutes from home. Four seasons of sunshine! You can make a difference here.

Billings Clinic is a community-owned, not-for-profit, physician-led health system based in Billings with more than 4,700 employees, including over 550 physicians and non-physician providers. Our integrated organization consists of a multi-specialty group practice and a 304-bed hospital.

Your Benefits

We provide a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to all full-time employees (minimum of 24 hours / week), including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching, defined contribution pension plan, paid time off, employee wellness program, and much more.

Magnet : Commitment to Nursing Excellence

Billings Clinic is proud to be recognized for nursing excellence as a Magnet-designated organization, joining only 97 other organizations worldwide that have achieved this honor four times. The re-designation process happens every four years.

Unit Clerk - Icu (Full-Time)

Shift : Nights

Employment Status : Full-Time (.75 or greater)

Hours per Pay Period : 0.90 = 72 hours every two weeks (Non-Exempt)

Starting Wage DOE : $17.00 - 21.25

Provide care and close supervision of patients. Document patient behaviors provide crisis intervention as necessary and implement individualized treatment plans while following Billings Clinic policies and procedures. Work as part of the interdisciplinary team and assist in maintaining a safe environment for both patients and staff.

Essential Job Functions

Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance.

Performs clerical duties to maintain unit flow which may include paperwork coordination, supply ordering and daily quality checks.

Utilizes electronic applications to support daily staff and patient workflow, which include, but are not limited to admissions and discharges, order entry and procedures coordination.

Effectively utilize phone systems. Answers telephone calls, responds to routine inquiries and relays other calls and messages promptly. Notifies appropriate personnel of requests.

Interacts promptly with a polite, courteous and helpful disposition to assists patients / residents, family members, visitors and the interdisciplinary care team.

Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient / resident services. Supports the Magnet Model of quality nursing care.

Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues and initiates appropriate action.

Assists with limited patient / resident care duties such answering call lights, responding to alarms and delivering trays.

Observes patient monitor and reports changes to patient's nurse. Can identify life threatening dysrhythmias, maintain appropriate alarm limits, and edit memory on a regular basis, merging and deleting rhythms appropriately. Prints rhythm strips per unit standards and as needed for changes in patient rhythm or condition. Maintains report on each patient and gives shift report to oncoming Unit Clerk to include each patient's rhythm and CPR status.

Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency safety standards relevant to job performance.

Utilizing a holistic approach, performs basic nursing care and treatments within scope of practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include the goal-directed plan of care for the patient.

Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient need and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures, to include, but not limited to, activities of daily living (ADLs), vital signs, intake and output measurements and hourly rounding.

Performs all other duties as assigned or as needed to meet the needs of the department / organization.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Billings Clinic Corporate Compliance Program

Billings Clinic Code of Business Conduct

HIPAA and confidentiality requirements

Patients' / residents' rights

Medical terminology

Electronic computer applications, for Billings Clinic computer systems and personal computers

Regulatory standards (e.g. JCAHO, OSHA)

Common policies and procedures, both departmental and organizational

Customer service techniques and Personal Service Excellence (PSE) necessary to interact with patients / residents, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team with a variety of developmental and sociocultural backgrounds

Verbal and written communication

Phone systems and telephone communications

Rhythm interpretations in monitored areas

Interact professionally and effectively with the public and interdisciplinary care team

Perform basic clerical work that may include ordering supplies, assembling charts, organizing, stocking or quality checks.

Concentrate and pay close attention to detail when working to ensure attention to detail and accuracy.

Sit for prolonged periods of time

Utilize time management and organization concepts to maximize tasks efficiently

Maintain flexibility to adapt to a variety of workload assignments and / or interruptions

Recognize safety hazards and initiate appropriate preventative actions

Incorporate cultural diversity and age appropriate care into all aspects of communication and patient / resident care; scope of services provided will encompass age groups ranging from infant through geriatric

To lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds unassisted

Moderate complexity in prioritizing work load

Requires ability to handle frequent interruptions with a high degree of stress

Minimum Qualifications

Education : High School Diploma or GED

Experience : Six months CNA experience in performing patient / resident care in a health care institution, preferred

Certifications and Licenses : Completion of medical terminology course, Current Montana license as a Certified Nursing Assistant

Billings Clinic is Montana's largest health system serving Montana, Wyoming and the western Dakotas. A not-for-profit organization led by a physician CEO, the health system is governed by a board of community members, nurses and physicians. Billings Clinic includes an integrated multi-specialty group practice, tertiary care hospital and trauma center, based in Billings, Montana.

Billings Clinic is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming employer, that strives to be kind, safe, and courageous in all we do. As an equal opportunity employer, our policies and processes are designed to achieve fair and equitable treatment of all employees and job applicants. All employees and job applicants will be provided the same treatment in all aspects of the employment relationship, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, and / or disability. To ensure we provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees, please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.