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POLICY #: 4,15 PAGE 4 OF 7 Duties and responsibilities of the afternoon shift Med Passer: ~/ Clinic Preparation contd; ~! • Med passer will check each Inmate's Chart to ascertain if any medical records are needed from another Jail, Hospital, or other Medical Provider for the Jail Health Provider. • If past medical reconis need to be obtained for review by Jail Health Provider or if they have been requested to be obtained by Jail Health Provider, a recorcis release should be signed by the inmate, The Medical Facility or other DetentioNCorrectional Facility care was obtained should be contacted by the Med Passer and records release should be faxed.. If information requested is needed for same day clinic, the urgency of obtaining infonnaticn should be conveyed to the prior Facility to expedite receipt of information. Documentation of contacts made to other Facilities is imperative. Names of those contacted, phone number and fax numbers should be documented on a Progress note and placed in Inmate chart. If receipt of information is expected during shift other than that of the Med Passer who requested the information, this should be verbally conveyed to the oncoming Med Passer/Shift Supervisor. Alert the on Duty Supervisor of the Clinic schedule to prepare staff of Inmate transport to clinic. 11. Assistance of Jail Health Provider in clinic. • Any Inmate Medical RequesVlntake form the Med Passer feels is priority should be verbally communicated to the Jail Health Provider upon arrival to the Clinic. • The Jail Health Provider and Med Passer will compile the list of Inmates to be seen. The Med Passer will give the list of Inmates to be seen in the Clinic to the Detention Officer designated by the Shift Supervisor to transporUsupervise Inmates to the Clinic. • The Med passer will assist the Jail Health Provider as needed during clinic. Med passers will write notes on any special orders the Jail Health Provider may give for an Inmate, • Med passer assisting in Clinic is responsible for execrrtionlcommunication of any orders written during Clinic. • Med passer will communicate with Shift Supervisor/Lieutenant of any behavior concems/suicide watches recommended by.lall Health Provider during clinic, • Inmate charts wtth medication orders that have been completed should be placed in Medication Completed box. Med Passer receiving new medications from Pharmacy will have these charts to compare new medication orders. Medications to 6e initiated as NOW/STAY orders should be transcribed per Jail Protocol on Inmate MAR. • Medication refill forms completed during Ginic shall be faxed to Pharmacy facility, These forms should be placed In Medication Completed box for review of Med Passer receiving medications from Pharmacy facility, Treatments should be documented on Inmate MAR per Jail Protocol. Verbal communication to next Med Passer of any unusual treatments/circumstances or information Jail Health Provider wants obtained later in shift should be discussed during shift report. 12. Federal Inmates Responsibilities • Upon arrival of new Federal Inmates, the Med Passer should be available to review Medical History, medication information, Intake form and any new Medical Requests. • Review medicationslmedical records, if information is needed from transfening facility, that facility should be wntacted immediately and information obtained verbally or faxed to our facilfty, • Jail Health Provider should be contacted in reference to information obtained on new Federal Inmates. Orders given should be documented in the Inmate chart on a Progress sheet and on MAR as appropriate. • Obiain list of Inmates leaving the facility from the on Duty Supervisor. Preparation of Federal Inmates for departure is to be done by the Med Passer the day before departure.. • Medical records are to be copied of any Federal Inmate leaving the facility, • Medications are to be packaged for transport with inmate,