Clerk/Tech - PCU (Weekend Option Days)

Henry Community Health • New Castle, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position involves working independently to provide various clerical and technical services within an assigned Progressive Care Unit (PCU). Key responsibilities include processing physician's orders, scheduling patient tests and appointments, and coordinating with other facilities for transfers. The role also requires monitoring telemetry rhythms for pertinent changes in fetal or cardiac rhythms, interpreting life-threatening arrhythmias, and monitoring blood pressure and oxygen saturation levels, reporting changes to the appropriate nurse. Additionally, the Clerk/Tech will record patient information, assist with basic patient daily living needs (such as personal hygiene, grooming, dressing, transferring, and eating), act as a communication hub for customer service, perform accurate computer operations, and manage admission, discharge, and transfer information, as well as billing/charge entry.

Requirements

• Requires the ability to read and write well enough to follow detailed procedures and perform basic mathematics
• Requires knowledge of office procedures and equipment
• Requires the ability to read telemetry monitor strips and interpret life threatening arrhythmic conditions
• Requires knowledge of basic medical terminology
• Requires high school education or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• Prefer six to twelve months of clinical/clerical experience in an acute care setting and at least three months experience as a nursing assistant or ward clerk

Responsibilities

• Works independently in providing various clerical services to their assigned unit.
• Processes physician’s orders and works collaboratively with many departments to schedule patient tests and appointments to expedite patient diagnoses and treatment.
• Required to contact and interact with other facilities in order to arrange appointments, tests, and transfers.
• May monitor telemetry rhythms for pertinent changes in fetal or cardiac rhythms and interprets rhythms and keeps nurse informed of life threatening arrhythmias.
• Technician/Clerks are responsible for monitoring blood pressure and oxygen sats and reporting changes to appropriate nurse.
• Records pertinent patient information and rhythm strips in the clinical record.
• Will assist with basic patient daily living needs, such as; personal hygiene, grooming, dressing, transferring, eating, etc.
• Consistently acts as a focus of communication for internal/external customer service.
• Performs computer operations accurately and efficiently.
• Initiates and maintains admission, discharge, and transfer information.
• Responsible for accurate billing/charge entry.

Benefits

• flexible scheduling
• competitive compensation
• bonuses
• discounts for you and your family
• health insurance
• vision insurance
• dental insurance
• Continuing education scholarships
• Generous paid days off (PDO) - with the option to rollover unused hours each year
• Employer funded pension

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees