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Technical Consultation and Coordination:
- Provides technical consultation by being the subject-matter expert for tasks that require technical skills, in-depth knowledge and complex problem-solving. Serves as the go-to person for questions or issues that arise and provides first-tier technical support to SHW directors, managers, providers, staff and those SHW serves.
- Clinical Template Coordinator: Oversees clinician Epic templates and schedules for all providers. Works closely with SHW Leadership and providers to maintain accurate templates. Responsible for overseeing provider template publishing every 6 months and any intermittent changes. Makes recommendations for template guidelines to ensure appropriate...
Coordination/Dispatching Activities:
- Coordinates, schedules, ensures delivery of interpretation and captioning services for in-patient and ambulatory settings throughout OHSU
- Communicates and coordinates services effectively, professionally, and in a friendly manner via phone, email, hospital paging system, MS Teams with unit/clinic staff, interpreters, contracted vendors, and leadership
- Develops new processes and workflows that support optimal service...
The RN Director collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to assess, plan, and support care delivery. This work is grounded in professional governance and a commitment to safe, innovative staffing; clinical excellence; ongoing professional development; and the meaningful engagement of both care providers and recipients as participants in a human-centered health service.
The Ophthalmic Technician supports physicians by conducting preliminary patient screening, history collection, and diagnostic testing.
Responsibilities include:
- Perform pre-examination testing including patient history, visual acuity assessment, confrontational visual field testing, extraocular muscle assessment, pupillary evaluation, tonometry, angle assessment, and pupil dilation.
- Conduct additional testing as requested by the physician, including color vision screening, stereopsis, and other specialty assessments.
- Perform...
- Surgery Scheduler Maintains current information regarding surgery schedules for service site providers. Serves as liaison and information resource for physicians, nursing support staff, coworkers, IP Admitting Department, Surgery Office, and Periop Services. Collects from physician all information necessary to schedule a surgery (including ICD9 codes, equipment needs, etc.). Maintains surgery information to OR as soon as received. Starts insurance process and obtains authorizations. Facilitates care arrangements by scheduling preops, PAT clinic, ancillary and clinical services as needed. Applies problem solving and negotiating skills in resolving provider and patient concerns and other surgery...
- Personnel Management: Supervises back-office staff and provides daily guidance in problem solving.
- Assigns and approves MA, CSA, Rad Tech and Care Coordinator work.
- Serves as back up for all back-office staff and functions.
- Works in concert with Practice Manager to recruit, train, and coach employees, develop work plans and facilitate progressive discipline up to and including...
- Process refill authorization requests for assigned ambulatory clinics. Review for accuracy and apply appropriate authorization protocols.
- Identify valid requests and triage appropriately to pharmacist or provider for review.
- Document the receipt, status and outcome of authorization requests in the electronic medical record.
- Provide applicable documentation for pharmacist or provider to complete review
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Promotes scheduling of staff. This includes scheduling in software (Qgenda) for outpatient and use of other software such as Microsoft Office in acute and pediatric areas. This also includes template management to align with the schedule and reporting.
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Processes time corrections and promotes best practices for payroll accuracy and efficiency (Kronos); and creates and disseminates reporting to promote effectiveness.
- Serves as a back up administrative coordinator by ordering equipment and...
Decontamination and cleaning
- Cleans and decontaminates medical equipment - may make minor repairs or refer to repair person.
- Test equipment and instruments for proper operation
- Cleans hospital equipment such as infusion pumps, suction machines and heating and cooling units
- May make minor repairs or refers to repair person
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- Responsible for all processes involving checking in of patients prior to being seen by a clinical provider. This includes, but is not limited to, careful review of insurance and demographic information with each patient and recording changes within EPIC, verifying account status, authorization information and copay/prepay information with patient in EPIC, collects co-pays and payments, contacting managed care staff when discrepancies arise, notifying clinical staff when patients arrive, process check in paperwork in a timely fashion and makes it available to clinical staff as soon as it is complete, monitors how long patients are kept in waiting room and intervenes as necessary, as well as other responsibilities associated with efficient and...
Coding
- Coding at 95% or above accuracy.
- Abstract information from patient medical records to assign correct codes and charges to outpatient surgical records, and/or observation cases. Work assigned charge sessions in assigned EPIC charge router work queues.
- Depending on job need, assign correct CPT, ICD-10-CM; HCPCS or ICD-10-PCS and DRGs for facility and/or professional charges, which would involve complex procedure and diagnostic coding within highly specialized coding areas such as Inpatient Coding or Surgical coding.
- Monitor activity for compliance with federal and/or state laws regarding correct coding set forth by CMS and Oregon Medical Assistance program (OMAP).
- Coordinate patient encounter billing...
Specimen receipt and processing
- Loads specimens onto automation line for processing.
- Centrifuges samples and transfers to appropriately labeled containers.
- Accurately measures specimens, records volumes, and determines if sample quality and quantity is sufficient for testing.
- Directs samples to technologists and testing areas either manually or using the automation lines, or stores samples for future...
The Vascular Access Nurse works in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient, and family to promote patient health through the delivery of professional nursing care appropriate to the patient's age and condition, as documented in the nursing and medical plans of care adhering to evidence-based practice.
Practice Expectations:
- Apply infusion therapy principles to multivariate clinical scenarios.
- Educate healthcare workforce members and partners on vascular access device insertion, care, and...
$55.24 - $92.02 per hour, based on RN Degree and level of experience
With your ICU clinical expertise, you'll be able to seamlessly integrate into all 4 Adult ICU areas, maintain your device competencies (ECMO, CRRT, IABP, etc), utilize your precepting skills and be a part of our Virtual ICU team! Apply now and find out what sets us apart (and keeps us together). Your critical care skills remain in adult critical care - there is a separate float pool for acute med/surg areas.
- Prepare, mix and compound sterile medications, including chemotherapy, following aseptic procedure guidelines.
- Maintain cleanliness and sterility of USP ISO 5, 7, and 8 areas through daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning
- Prepare and package medication and supplies for patient deliveries.
- Organize and restock work areas during and prior to end of shift, and remove expired medication
- Coordinate patient...
The PHOT provides Intermediate Level of Care to patients ages 0-18. Obstetric patients less than 18 with a new Hem/Onc/BMT diagnosis are case by case. Patients with specific pediatric oncology diagnosis may be followed until the age of 25 years. Presenting diagnosis may include leukemia, brain tumors, bone tumors, sarcoma, lymphomas, blood diseases, immunological diseases, storage diseases, Bone Marrow Transplants and Graft vs Host Disease patients. Nurses on this unit also provide support to Hem/Onc/BMT patients on other units, to include but not limited to chemotherapy support, expertise with BMT patients and central lines.
The PHOT provides Intermediate Level of Care to patients ages 0-18. Obstetric patients less than 18 with a new Hem/Onc/BMT diagnosis are case by case. Patients with specific pediatric oncology diagnosis may be followed until the age of 25 years. Presenting diagnosis may include leukemia, brain tumors, bone tumors, sarcoma, lymphomas, blood diseases, immunological diseases, storage diseases, Bone Marrow Transplants and Graft vs Host Disease patients. Nurses on this unit also provide support to Hem/Onc/BMT patients on other units, to include but not limited to chemotherapy support, expertise with BMT patients and central lines.
Procedure Preparation and Room Setup:
- Review daily procedure schedules and provider/nurse preferences to anticipate needs.
- Prepare procedure rooms with the required instruments, equipment, and supplies based on case requirements.
- Verify the sterility, integrity, and functionality of all instruments and supplies.
- Ensure all equipment is functioning properly before and during...
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Cleans and sanitizes restrooms, sinks, tubs, showers, toilets, urinals, hoppers and mirrors. Cleans and sanitizes stainless steel counters, stainless steel partitions, corners, sinks and wall plates. Clean light fixtures, vents, kick plates, appliances and window blinds. Uses approved chemical cleaners and disinfectants per department policy.
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Remove trash from waste baskets and litter from floors in dedicated areas. Wipe down garbage cans in public spaces. Empty and clean trash containers, wall...
Training and Education
- Introduces new employees to Sterile Processing operations.
- Trains or facilitate the training staff in every aspect of department operations: decontamination, instrument preparation and packaging, processing of vendor/loaner instrumentation and implants, sterilization, and flexible endoscope reprocessing.
- Ensures new staff members demonstrate appropriate breadth and depth of knowledge relative to their position. Documents training...