Cardiopulmonary Services Assistant

Salinas Valley Health•Salinas, CA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

This position works under the supervision of the Senior Administrative Director of Cardiopulmonary Services or designee, Manager or Supervisor. The role assists with the preparation, processing, and distribution of patient charts, reports, and billing. It involves scheduling patient tests, notifying appropriate personnel, and providing clerical support. The assistant will answer departmental phones, route calls, and utilize hospital and department computer systems for various tasks including word processing and project completion. The role also involves performing technical and clinical work as outlined by the American Society Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist Standards (ASET), including recording EEG awake and asleep, evoked potentials, AABR, and EEG seizure monitoring. The assistant must demonstrate knowledge and skills for age-appropriate patient care. Responsibilities include preparing, processing, and distributing patient charts, reports, and billing, scheduling outpatient appointments, and maintaining accurate patient records. The role involves answering phones, confirming patients for evening sleep studies, rescheduling cancellations, and managing the cancellation list. The assistant will advise the Manager when patient beds are not filled and route calls or take messages. They will greet evening patients, provide tours, show patients to their rooms, and instruct them on the use of room amenities. The assistant confirms patient identity, applies wristbands, instructs patients to change, and guides them through electronic registration, confirming signatures. Clerical support includes using hospital and department computer systems for forms, procedures, policies, schedules, and word processing. Duties also include special project assignments and assisting others. The role assumes an active part in the Sleep Medicine Department’s Continuous Quality Improvement Program and report processing. Effective communication and teamwork skills are essential when working with patients, co-workers, and hospital staff. The assistant will establish, maintain, and file computerized records and databases for the Cardiopulmonary Service Line, utilizing hospital and department computer systems (including PACS and Reporting Software, Microsoft Office Suite). The position also performs noninvasive Neurodiagnostic procedures such as awake, asleep EEG's, Evoked Potentials, EEG/Video monitoring, and AABR’s.

Requirements

A minimum of a high school diploma or GED required.
Current BLS/Healthcare Provider status as per American Heart Association standards Required.
Two to three years of recent clerical experience or equivalent combination of education and Experience.

Nice To Haves

Utilizes the Hospital computer systems, and Department computer systems to process forms, procedures, policies, schedules, and other word processing/typing and projects as needed.
Utilizes the Hospital and department computer systems (including PACS and Reporting Software, Microsoft Office including but not limited to Word, Excel, Visio, etc.)

Responsibilities

Assists with preparation, processing, and distribution of patient charts, reports, and billing.
Schedules patient tests and notifies the appropriate people.
Provides clerical support, answers the departmental phones and routes calls.
Utilizes the Hospital computer systems, and Department computer systems to process forms, procedures, policies, schedules, and other word processing/typing and projects as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned within the cardiopulmonary service line.
Accepts and completes in a timely manner assignments in all areas of the Neurodiagnostic, Respiratory PFT scheduling and Sleep Center.
Performs all technical and clinical work as outlined in the American Society Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist Standards (ASET).
Records EEG awake and asleep, evoked potentials, AABR, and EEG seizure monitoring.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to age of the patient.
Prepares, processes, and distributes patient charts, reports, and billing.
Schedules outpatient appointments and keeps appropriate persons informed.
Maintains accurate patient records, related material, and appropriate documentation.
Updates the computer with patient information.
Answers departmental phones, confirms patients for evening sleep studies, reschedules cancellations and calls in from cancellation list, when applicable.
Advises Manager when six patient beds are not filled each evening, and routes calls appropriately, or takes messages as needed.
Greets evening patients, gives tour of lobby, control room, restrooms and fire exits, shows to their designated rooms, instructs patients on the use of electric bed and television remotes, pull string and audio/video.
Confirms identify of patients and applies patients’ wristbands.
Instructs patients to change into their evening clothes in their bedroom and points out the blind Spot.
Guides patients through electronic registration, confirms signatures and submits to admitting.
Performs related duties such as special project assignments and assisting others.
Assumes active role in the Sleep Medicine Department’s Continuous Quality Improvement Program, and processing of reports.
Uses appropriate communication and teamwork skills when working with patients, co-workers and hospital staff.
Establishes, maintains, and files computerized records and databases for the Cardiopulmonary Service Line.
Utilizes the Hospital and department computer systems (including PACS and Reporting Software, Microsoft Office including but not limited to Word, Excel, Visio, etc.)
Performs noninvasive Neurodiagnostic procedures such as awake, asleep EEG's, Evoked Potentials, EEG/Video monitoring, and AABR’s.