Uc/Mo
About The Position
As our Unit Clerk/Monitor Observer, you will provide essential support to the nursing team, ensuring continuous, vigilant patient monitoring, and fostering collaborative relationships for quality healthcare services. Every day you will provide continuous observation of cardiac monitor patterns, recognizing and communicating significant changes. You will proficiently use the H.I.S. computer system, serve as a unit representative, greet patients, maintain census logs, and support team members in the care of adult patients. You will also actively build collaborative relationships across disciplines. To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong commitment to patient care, meticulous attention to detail for monitoring, and proficiency in healthcare information systems. You will take responsibility for your competency, continuously evaluate performance, and stay informed of developments in nursing and your clinical specialty. Unit Clerk Functions Review all physician's orders and process immediately. Correctly enters orders in Meditech system, signs off orders per MMC policy. Correctly transcribes orders during downtime procedure. Assembles and maintains Emergency Department patient medical records per department policy: Identifies chart copies properly with patient name, account number and medical record number, Files charts per department procedure, Files lab, radiology, dictation, and any other report that belongs on the medical record. Flags charts for EDMD to complete x-ray review, culture and sensitivity review.
Requirements
- High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or High School GED General Studies, upon hire
- Experience in an acute care setting with inthe previous two years. Unit Clerk withoutrecent acute care experience will beconsidered on an individual basis, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days
Nice To Haves
- Previous Unit Clerk experience preferred., upon hire
Responsibilities
- Provide continuous observation of cardiac monitor patterns, recognizing and communicating significant changes.
- Proficiently use the H.I.S. computer system.
- Serve as a unit representative.
- Greet patients.
- Maintain census logs.
- Support team members in the care of adult patients.
- Actively build collaborative relationships across disciplines.
- Review all physician's orders and process immediately.
- Correctly enters orders in Meditech system, signs off orders per MMC policy.
- Correctly transcribes orders during downtime procedure.
- Assembles and maintains Emergency Department patient medical records per department policy: Identifies chart copies properly with patient name, account number and medical record number, Files charts per department procedure, Files lab, radiology, dictation, and any other report that belongs on the medical record.
- Flags charts for EDMD to complete x-ray review, culture and sensitivity review.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
