Health Unit Coordinator | Orthopedics

Summary

The Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) is responsible for multi-tasking clerical and patient customer service support functions as part of the patient care team. The HUC provides the connectivity between the providers, staff and inter/intra department areas through various modalities such as fax, phone, and computers (command central). The HUC acts under the direction of daily shift supervisor and the unit resource person.

High school or equivalent (GED).

None required.

None required.

• Coordinates patient and information flow at the desk area to clinical staff, patients/families and other departments.
• Completes order entry process, coordinates computer downtime, and coordinates patient information changes in the computer.
• Handles incoming and outgoing communication for the department.
• Prepares and dispositions charts according to HIMS specifications.
• Maintains departmental supplies and ensures functioning equipment are available for use in the department.
• Demonstrates effective time management skills.
• Serves as a preceptor for new employees.
• Performs job specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear. The employee is frequently required to do fine motor, do repetitive motion, sit, speak, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to bend, reach, squat, and stand.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to airborne pathogens. The employee is occasionally exposed to blood borne pathogens, bodily fluids, and electrical hazards - shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any