Patient Unit Coordinator- FULLER- 36hr Days

SolutionHealth • Manchester, NH

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of an RN, the Patient Unit Coordinator performs a variety of clerical duties on patient units, including filing, transcribing, charting, sorting patient information, acting as receptionist, receiving and directing visitors, and answering the phone, etc.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Essential functions include activities in which incumbent must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to patients, physicians, families and other employees accurately, loudly or quickly.
• Ability to perform repetitive or routine duties working from detailed instructions and under standard procedures.
• Requires the making of minor decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Strong organizational skills
• Software/Hardware: MS Office

Nice To Haves

• Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to ensuring effective and efficient communication with visitors, callers, physicians, staff from other departments and others as appropriate.
• Meets and greets visitors to the department; determines the purpose of visit and responds or refers to appropriate staff member.
• Updates and maintains patient assignment board, Census Change Sheets, and all other patient lists.
• Supports effective and efficient patient care processes through timely, accurate transcription and entry of orders/data.
• Maintains Unit Secretary task list to ensure patient care which are verified by the registered nurse, to appropriate patient care documents.
• Assembles patient charts for all admissions to the unit to include all appropriate documents
• Prepares patient charts for patient transfers by copying and organizing required documents according to specific payer criteria.
• Disassembles and reorganizes charts upon discharge before forwarding to medical records.
• Coordinates completion of patient death certificates by contacting appropriate parties.
• Supports the smooth functioning of the unit by performing a variety of clerical and coordinating activities as designated by the unit.
• Updates and maintains the daily communication device list for the unit; ensures that all RNs receive communication device at the beginning of the shift and return them at the end of the shift.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits starting the 1st of the month following you start date
• Accrued Earned Time
• 403b with matching (fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,000/year for full time coded employees over 30 hours/week
• Nursing Student Loan Paydown Program up to $20,000

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees