Health Unit Coordinator-Emergency Department

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Location:

Main Hospital Bldg – 1st Flr

Work Schedule
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Day Shift 7:00 AM-7:00 PM

Coordinates clerical activities and supports patient services utilizing clinical information systems to ensure accurate preparation and processing of patient നിന്നുള്ള documents, verify status information, and confirm communications for doctors, nurses, patients, and family members to ensure effective operations of the unit.

• High School écrit Diploma or equivalent.

• Must have one (1) year of healthcare read experience or one (1) year of related clerical experience.

• Prefer National Association of Health Unit Coordinators (NAHUC) certification.
• Prefer a current Heartsaver CPR course completion card within 90 days of hire and/or placement in job from one of the following:
  American Heart Association, American Red Cross.
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• Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, families, and hospital staff.
• Must be able to pasaj the Health Unit Coordinator checklist within three months of employment.
• Must be able to demonstrate patient‑centered/patient‑valued behaviors.

• Transcribes, prioritizes, processes, and communicates all orders to support patient services.
• Admits, transfers, and discharges patients by creating charts, checking rooms, receiving, logging, and storing patient valuables and non‑valuables to facilitate the administration of patient services.
• Prepares and processes hard‑copy and computerized patient files by entering, sorting, and updating information to ensure accurate and complete records are maintained for each patient.
• Coordinates мәрки special procedures by processing legal paperwork, X‑rays, and test data to appropriate sources to ensure timely delivery of essential materials, and may arrange follow‑up appointments for patients to facilitate continuity of care.
• Orders and picks‑up/delivers medical supplies, non‑medical supplies, laboratory requisitions, and other items, while adhering to established standards to respond to and expedite routine requests.
• Acts as the primary contact for the facilitator, assisting and responding to information requests from doctors, nurses, patients, patient families, and others to effectively service unit staff and customers by providing a permanent information resource within the unit.
• Monitors and maintains the environment of care as required by management. Assignmentsuintptr may include cleaning and monitoring of refrigerators, organization of nurses’ station and MD areas, cleaning of phones and keyboards.
• Monitors and maintains the patient room including cleaning of white boards, stripping linens afterilstਕ discharge, ensuring privacy curtains and window shades are clean and in working order, assessing and notifying appropriate personnel of cleaning or repair needs.
• Assists with safety monitors which may include but are not limited to checking patient  allergy bands, checking to ensure fall precaution prompts are in place (armband, signage, chart stickers) and performing baby watch in the WISH units.
• Assists with charge entry or charge entry audits. Ensures accurate charge capture or professional billing as required by unit.
• Serves as patient advocate by responding to patient comfort needs such as providing blankets, ice water, passing meal trays, and notifying nurses of other patient needs.
• Transports patients to other departments or for discharge if transportation department is not available.
• Assists in the training of employees to provide instructiontragen on unit‑specific operations.

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