Healthcare Worker

Healthcare Worker - Health AI Startup Community

Overview:

www.pixonahealth.com is a community to help workers in healthcare and adjacent professions discover top job opportunities, connect with mentors in a genuine community, and access AI-powered tools designed to grow and succeed in their career over their entire lives. Our co-founders have 8+ years at Google and experience working in healthcare and are passionate about connecting people with opportunity on a massive scale. 

Role Description:

As we build our community, we are reaching out to employers to find jobs for healthcare workers (nurses, doctors, hospice workers, dental assistants, optometry folks etc). And we need to find great people for the roles. So, recent graduates or students enrolled in nursing programs, doctorate programs or other possible healthcare worker programs would be great. Here is an example of a role an ideal applicant could be a fit for:

Brief Overview

We are looking for kind, compassionate nurses who want to be part of a collaborative team and provide exceptional care and service to our patients. You will have the opportunity to learn and grow based on your strengths and have a positive impact on your team and your patients.

Brief Overview

Provides appropriate care to patients and their families in a compassionate and professional manner, within the Registered Nurse (RN) scope of practice as outlined in University HealthCare Alliance (UHA) policies and procedures. Assists the patients care team in implementing the medical plan of care.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

RN  – Works under general supervision in performing the duties and may perform specific patient care assignment such as help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operate and monitor medical equipment EG:EKG, and assist providers with specialized clinical procedures including conscious sedation within the RN scope of practice.

What you will do

Rooming:

• Apply time management protocols to keep providers on schedule & minimize patient wait time.
• Consistently performs rooming procedure and follows rooming standards to ensure patient is fully prepared for the provider.
• EPIC environment: review charts for open orders, needed preventative services, HCC and P4P Measures.
• Assists the patients’ care team in implementing the plan of care for the patient in a collaborative and professional manner.
• Notifies patients of possible wait times throughout their time in the clinic setting as well as updating the provider wait times.
• Follows clinic protocols for late patients.

Patient Care/Back-Office Procedures:

• Performs and assists providers with routine and/or specialized clinical procedures including conscious sedation within the RN scope of practice and department policies, in a timely manner.
• Administers ordered medications and vaccines in a safe, accurate, professional and timely manner following policies and procedures.
• Performs routine screenings and places orders for patients who are due for quality measures program point of care testing in a timely, accurate and efficient manner according to policy and procedure.

Communication and Documentation:

• Accurately collects and transmits information between the patient and provider in a courteous, respectful and professional manner, within RN scope of practice.
• Communicates updates to patient requests on a daily basis until request is completed.
• Documents appropriate information clearly, accurately and in a timely manner, according to department and UHA policies and procedures no later than the end of the shift.
• Manages incoming triage phone calls, appointment requests, My Health messages, lab results, and follow up calls for 4 physician’s practices.
• Assists patients in determining the urgency of care needed, triaged to the most appropriate level of care, provided health education and schedule appointments with providers.
• Appropriately triages and Pends X-Rays and Lab Orders and Referrals for Provider sign-off.

Administrative Duties:

• Performs administrative duties in a timely, accurate and collaborative manner according to policy and procedures within the RN scope of practice, including, but not limited to:
• Retrieves voicemails and incoming faxes and handling at least once per hour.
• Preparing forms and managing prior authorizations throughout the shift, completing incoming work by the end of the shift.
• Epic environment: Assists providers with their in-baskets and open charts; monitor other MD and RN in-baskets when assigned.
• Accurately documents information in electronic medical record (EPIC).
• Clearly and concisely responds to inquiries from patients, their relatives and/or referring physicians and provides accurate information in a timely manner via phone, in person, and electronically.
• Performs independent medication and vaccine sign offs.

Supplies and Infection Control:

• Maintains exam rooms and nurses’ stations; stocking supplies, cleaning and disinfecting equipment and instruments after use on every patient.
• Transports specimens according to policies and procedures in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensures equipment is working properly, notifying the appropriate person of needed repairs in a timely manner.
• Collaboratively performs departmental duties to ensure OSHA, infection control and accrediting body compliance, including, but not limited to, checking refrigerator/freezer temperature, checking medication/supply expiration dates, autoclave sterility checks, departmental lab QA, in a timely, accurate and efficient manner according to policy and procedure.

All other duties as assigned including department-specific functions and responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned and participates in organization projects as assigned.
• Adheres to safety, P4P’s (if applicable), HIPAA and compliance policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• At least 1-2 years of RN experience required, clinic based Primary Care/Family Medicine or Sports Medicine care experience preferred OR Relevant degree studies.
• Experience in ambulatory care environment preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Verbal and written communication skills demonstrate courtesy, compassion, and helpfulness in a professional manner towards employees, patients and patient families.
• Basic high school math, English aptitudes, and legible handwriting.
• Basic Windows skills to include keyboarding, mouse movement and computer data entry skills to enter patient information.
• Organizational and multi-tasking skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology/anatomy and EMR systems.
• Ability to work with others in a flexible, cooperative, and collaborative manner.
• Requires concentration to handle varying procedures and interruptions.

Licenses and Certifications

• Preferred: RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure.

Important:

• This role is to express interest in future opportunities and learn more about the community we are building.