Unit Coordinator/W. PACU/10hrs/Days

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. PACU is a 26 bed unit that cares for patient having anesthesia related procedures or surgeries. This position is every other weekend and requires clerical duties, stocking and assisting nurses with task to name a few. Job Summary: Facilitates the smooth & efficient functioning of the unit. Serves as liaison between patients, visitors, and clinicians. This role is responsible for partnering with nurses to coordinate the day-to-day patient flow including the communications regarding patient admissions, discharges, and transfers. Provides outstanding service for every customer interaction.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Prior customer service experience.
• Basic familiarity with computers.
• Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.

Nice To Haves

• Associate's degree preferred.
• Previous administrative experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates patient flow through the unit.
• Coordinates admissions with admitting, nursing staff and admission facilitator.
• Assists providers and ensures availability of needed supplies.
• Obtains and communicates information for requested tests and procedures.
• Coordinates registration process for established protocols.
• Answers patient call lights in a timely manner and responds within scope of role, following BIDMC Call Light Standards of Practice.
• Greets and directs patients, families, visitors and staff.
• Identifies self and provides informative, non-clinical information when requested by patients, families, staff or visitors.
• Utilizes all available information systems that support unit based operations such as provider order entry, bed tracking, nursing call system, as directed ensuring timeliness of response and accuracy of data input.
• Serves as a point person for resolution of IS issues.
• Maintains basic competency in trouble shooting printer/copier/fax issues.
• Ensures patients are properly charged for equipment, supplies and outside purchases.
• Coordinates special purchase for patient care needs (e.g. specialty beds).
• Ensures that all equipment in the unit is adequately maintained.
• Maintains equipment logs.
• Performs/monitors activities related to JCAHO.
• Manages the unit based patient valuable program.
• Investigates lost belongings, maintains tracking logs and provides detailed summary as requested.
• Reports unresolved losses to Operations Coordinator.

Benefits

• The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
• Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED