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Covenant Health•Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

The Health Unit Coordinator provides clerical and secretarial services to the nursing unit at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. The role supports patient care operations in the Emergency Room by coordinating records, orders, communications, supplies, and patient flow. The position is full-time, 72 hours per pay period, on the night shift. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a 444-bed hospital and a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center. It is part of Covenant Health, a nonprofit health system with nine hospitals and nearly 150 service locations. Covenant Health describes its employee benefits as including tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, certification bonuses, and leadership development programs. No minimum education, experience, or licensure is specified. The employer will accept a combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the job, typically equivalent to a high school diploma or GED. Preference may be given to candidates with a high school diploma or GED.

Requirements

No minimum experience is specified.
No licensure is required.
Sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities demonstrated through a combination of formal education and/or prior work experience; typically equivalent to a high school diploma or GED.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

Perform clerical duties related to admissions, discharges, transfers, and deaths.
Bring STAT orders to the attention of licensed nursing personnel.
Transcribe physicians’ orders accurately and promptly, and notify consults as ordered.
Requisition supplies and equipment, maintenance, and repair services, and prepare related forms.
Maintain appropriate unit stock and equipment inventories.
Answer telephone and intercoms, and relay and document messages.
Help ensure patient requests receive timely follow-up.
Assist physicians in obtaining reports from laboratory, radiology, and other departments.
Schedule patient tests, diagnostic procedures, and doctors’ appointments as requested.
Organize patient charts in the proper sequence.
Label and replenish necessary forms.
Obtain patient records from other facilities.
Manage patient flow via the flowboard, if applicable.
Ensure appropriate discharge disposition is recorded in electronic medical records.
Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards.
Complete required annual education assignments.
Work toward goals and objectives and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
Perform other duties as assigned.