Hospital Unit Clerk (part-time)

sjgov•Stockton, CA

15h

About The Position

This recruitment is being conducted to fill multiple part-time vacancies with San Joaquin General Hospital and to establish a referral pool to fill future vacancies. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of an application. A completed application must be postmarked or received online by the final filing deadline. NOTE: All correspondences relating to this recruitment will be delivered via e-mail. The e-mail account used will be the one provided on your employment application during time of submittal. Please be sure to check your e-mail often for updates. If you do not have an e-mail account on file, Human Resources will send you correspondences via US Mail.

Requirements

Experience: One year of clerical experience involving substantial public contact in a hospital, doctor’s office, or medical clinic.
Substitution: One year of business training in an approved school or training program may be substituted for six months of the required experience.
Clerical practices and procedures; telephone etiquette; business English and arithmetic; basic hygiene and health standards; common physical illnesses and symptoms; medical terminology.
Follow oral and written instructions and procedures in exact detail; maintain patient records and reports; type memoranda and reports and operate office equipment including computer terminals if required by nature of assignment; react calmly and efficiently in emergency situations; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; utilize effective public and guest relations techniques; speak clearly and distinctly in a well modulated and pleasant voice; work effectively under pressure.

Responsibilities

Sets up charts for new patients; maintains patient records; transcribes physicians' orders; prepares laboratory, x-ray, pharmacy and related requisitions; charts patients; vital signs.
Checks patients' charts to see that physicians' orders have been followed.
Answers telephone; gives routine information to patients, visitors, hospital staff and others; takes and relays messages; answers paging system and places pages; greets visitors and directs to proper areas.
Assists in admission, transfer and dismissal of patients; lists and cares for patient's valuables, clothing and other personal affects.
Makes visual checks of supplies on hand; requisitions supplies, as needed, including clerical, linen, pharmaceutical and housekeeping supplies.
May pick up and deliver laboratory reports or other reports; may run errands and transport patients.
May operate office equipment including computer terminals; may type memoranda or reports from copy or rough draft.