What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Coordinator Casual position at McLaren Health Care?
Position Summary:
Responsible for providing clerical support to patient care unit following departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Responsible for providing clerical support to patient care unit following departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Provides general clerical support to the unit, such as reception, data entry and retrieval; maintaining supply inventory; and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various types of information.
- Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties of orders and consultations.
- Schedules procedures and patient/resident transportation to procedure site.
- Participates in orientation of new staff.
- Responds to phone calls and requests for information in an accurate, efficient manner.
- Responds to patient/resident call lights and informs appropriate staff of requests.
- Maintains current, accurate orders, records and other documentation related to the work.
- Maintains the workstation in a clean, orderly, and well-stocked condition.
- Accurately performs basic mathematical calculations.
- Enhances individual and unit professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, workshops, and by reading current literature concerning scope of practice.
- Maintains medical record in orderly fashion with documents placed under appropriate chart dividers.
- Performs other related responsibilities as necessary.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Successful completion of a health unit coordinator course, or high school or college coursework in medical terminology and computer/data entry.
- Six months of clerical experience in a health care setting.
- Schedule: Per Diem
- Requisition ID: 26003409
- Daily Work Times: Variable
- Hours Per Pay Period: 0
- On Call: Yes
- Weekends: Yes