OBS unit clerk nightshift casual

WVU Medicine

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs a wide range of clerical, receptionist, dispatching, and admitting/discharge duties in support of the Observation patient care department. The position is a 0.3 FTE night-shift role, scheduled for 12 hours per week.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions.
Good verbal and writing skills.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of a Medical Assistant program or secretarial school.

Responsibilities

Greet patients and complete admitting functions, including entering information into the computer, locating and assigning beds, and notifying referring physicians of admissions when requested.
Coordinate and communicate patient transfers, including completing computer transfer functions, notifying receiving departments, obtaining bed assignments, and dispatching transportation support.
Complete clerical discharge functions, including disassembling patient records, scheduling follow-up appointments, arranging transportation as needed, entering discharge completion in the computer, and faxing discharge summaries to designated areas.
Coordinate ongoing communication within and between departments concerning admissions, discharges, transfers, expired patients, patient information, and unit needs.
Answer telephone calls and patient intercoms courteously and promptly; dispatch appropriate personnel and accurately route messages.
Welcome visitors and respond helpfully to requests for assistance or information.
Provide physicians and others with requested patient or department information in accordance with hospital policy on release of patient information.
Enter written physician orders into EPIC and generate and distribute Kardex and Medical Admission Records from Merlin after admission orders are entered.
Schedule laboratory work, X-rays, and diagnostic procedures; complete laboratory requisitions and other forms; and phone in consults to other services.
Communicate with patient care departments, such as Dietary and Physical Therapy, to ensure patient care needs are met and coordinate patient transportation.
Organize and maintain patient and department records; prepare identification bands and name tags; assemble and maintain charts; review printed orders and alert the RN to stat orders according to procedure.
Record laboratory results reported by telephone and immediately alert the RN to abnormal results reported by the laboratory.
Maintain office supply stock levels and compile statistical or unit activity data as assigned.