Health Unit Coordinator

HealthPartners • Saint Paul, MN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Regions Hospital is hiring a friendly, organized, and adaptable individual to join the Cardiac Progressive Care unit as a Health Unit Coordinator (HUC)! This 35 private bed unit tends to patients with complex medical needs that require general medicine or progressive level care. The unit has a high number of daily admissions, discharges, and transfers. Taking on the role as a Health Unit Coordinator means you will use your communication and critical-thinking skills to support the nursing staff and create a welcoming environment for patients and visitors. As a Health Unit Coordinator, you serve as the first person of contact on the unit and will be responsible for providing exceptional customer service to patients and visitors through welcoming behaviors, effective communication, and information sharing. In addition to customer service, this position simultaneously performs clerical/receptionist functions on a patient unit which includes but are not limited to, organizing, and maintaining unit supplies necessary for daily activities, preparing and maintaining patient records, preforming data entry into the electronic system, acting as a resource to medical staff regarding hospital protocols and communicating between staff, patients, families, care providers, and between the unit and other hospital departments.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 year clerical or healthcare experience or recent (within 1 year) graduate of a clerical/healthcare training program

Nice To Haves

• Education or experience in a health care field

Responsibilities

• Support the nursing staff
• Create a welcoming environment for patients and visitors
• Provide exceptional customer service to patients and visitors
• Perform clerical/receptionist functions on a patient unit
• Organize and maintain unit supplies necessary for daily activities
• Prepare and maintain patient records
• Perform data entry into the electronic system
• Act as a resource to medical staff regarding hospital protocols
• Communicate between staff, patients, families, care providers, and between the unit and other hospital departments

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401K with a match
• Disability insurance
• Paid time-off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee health clinic
• On-site fitness center
• 24/7 employee assistance program
• Book clubs
• Employee resiliency center

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed