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Job Overview

Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for a part-time Health Unit Coordinator in our Inpatient Unit.

Responsibilities

Schedule: Part-time, Day Shift, 5:30a-6:00p (every other weekend)

The Health Unit Coordinator manages the communication center of the inpatient nursing units, communicating courteously, effectively, and efficiently with all customers. Completes clinical information system and patient record responsibilities including admission, discharge, and transfers, patient registration, obtaining and updating insurance information; ensures that records are complete and accurate to allow for patient billing. Ensures nursing staff is aware of patient needs communicated to the HUC through the nurse call system. Notifies appropriate staff during emergency situations, acute admissions, and discharges. Provides assistance as needed to the nursing staff. 

Qualifications

• Previous receptionist and/or administrative office support experience is required, experience in a healthcare setting is preferred
• Experience in a pediatric or orthopedic setting is preferred
• Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively to assure completion of patient care activities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrates knowledge of medical terminology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible; self-motivated; excellent with communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills; able to prioritize multiple assignments
• Bilingual English/Spanish

Other

COVID-19 Vaccination required.