Health Unit Coordinator​/CMR- Part Time

Overview

Job Description Greet visitors and assist them as needed. Provides clerical support to the clinical team in carrying out the daily functions of patient care. This position provides the pivotal communication link for processing information/requests to and from patients, staff, visitors, physicians, and other departments or agencies. Responsible for initiating and/or ensuring the data entry of patient-related functions/processes, as well as the management (maintenance) of the medical record and its related forms, documents, from admission to discharge.

Communication is culturally based and age-specific.

Greet visitors and assist them as needed. Provides the clerical support to the clinical team in carrying out the daily functions of patient care. This position provides the pivotal communication link for processing information/requests to and from patients, staff, visitors, physicians, and other departments or agencies. Responsible for initiating and/or ensuring the data entry of patient-related functions/processes, as well as the management (maintenance) of the medical record and its related forms, documents, from admission to discharge.

Communication is culturally based and age-specific.

• Keeps Clinical manager/staff informed of issues.
• Receptionist – Meets and Greets Patients/Visitors/Staff.
• Answer patient call light promptly & politely.
• Uses appropriate communication systems.
• Maintains Admit/discharge logs (census cards).
• Obtain signature on the Consent to Hospital and Medical Treatment Form.
• Make copies of Advanced Directives for the chart.
• Facilitate communication with ancillary departments.
• Communicates with various departments inside the hospital in a professional, cooperative manner.
• Serves as a resource for location of supplies and medical records.
• Communicates with physician offices regarding patient records.
• Adheres to all departmental and hospital customer (ExCEL) service standards.
• Call for STATs.
• Appropriately complete consults in Epic.

• Timely Admission of patient.
• Timely transfer and discharge of patients.
• Maintains a manual order entry system according to appropriate downtime procedure (SRO, BCA Web, and BCA Standalone Downtimes).
• Prepare requisitions for services (i.e. maintenance requests, clinical engineering, etc).
• Enters/records unit based charges as appropriate.
• NAVICARE as department appropriate.
• Resource for physicians in need of assistance with EPIC.
• Will run audits/reports daily from EPIC that are directed by the manager of the department.

• Chart maintenance — current & old charts.
• Places forms and results to charts in timely manner.
• Copies parts of medical records and retrieves as necessary.
• Keeps all charts in designated order.
• Stuffs charts as needed.

• Monitor tube system.
• Use fax, copier, printer.
• Routine maintenance for fax, copier, printer, etc.
• Order, verify, and put away supplies and equipment. Maintains an appropriate volume of departmental supplies per manager discretion.
• Typing and filing for unit (not patient record).
• Courier as needed (run errands).
• Other duties as delegated by RN.
• Enter Plant Maintenance Work Requisition s as needed.
• Notifies Clinical Engineering for malfunctioning equipment as needed.

• Serves as a positive role model – maintains a positive attitude.
• Ensures interpersonal follow through of job functions in timely and appropriate manner.
• Participates in unit governance activities.
• Contributes to unit performance improvement activities.
• In-services and unit meetings are attended or minutes read.
• Maintains the integrity of unit equipment (cleaning, repairs).
• Appropriately assists staff in patient medical emergencies.
• Follows chain of command.
• Completes all unit assignments as requested.
• Obtain Respiratory Therapy & IV Team phone numbers to put on assignment sheet along with the staff’s phone numbers. Make copies of the sheet and place around nursing station.
• Charge phone batteries.
• Make charts for new patients and ensure face sheets are on every chart.
• Place patient Thank You cards in appropriate location and ensure signatures of staff d the…