Ward Clerk

Midlands Behavioral Health Hospital•Sumter, SC

1d•$20 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

Play a critical role in ensuring quality patient care, while enabling medical and nursing staff to do their work efficiently and in compliance with facility policies and procedures. Utilize your efficiency, organization, and excellent communication skills to maximize unit outcomes working in the role of the Ward Clerk.

Requirements

Must have at minimum a High School diploma or equivalent G.E.D
Must be hard working, friendly, organized, and professional
Reliable transportation required

Nice To Haves

Previous medical and clerical experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Maintains accurate, complete, and organized patient charts and ensures required documentation is filed/scanned appropriately.
Reviews charts for missing, incomplete, or unsigned documentation and promptly communicates deficiencies to nursing staff.
Answers and appropriately routes telephone calls and communicates messages accurately and promptly.
Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge paperwork and ensures required documents are available and organized.
Maintains current patient census, unit logs, assignment sheets, and other required tracking documents.
Assists nursing leadership with preparation and completion of daily and monthly reports.
Coordinates communication between nursing, providers, Social Services, Admissions, HIM, Pharmacy, and other departments as appropriate.
Ensures provider orders, laboratory results, reports, and other clinical documentation are appropriately routed to nursing staff for follow-up.
Maintains confidentiality and complies with HIPAA and facility privacy requirements.
Identifies missing paperwork or documentation and follows through until the issue is resolved or appropriately escalated.
Maintains an organized nurses’ station and ensures commonly used forms and supplies are readily available.
Prioritizes multiple tasks in a fast-paced behavioral-health environment while maintaining accuracy.
Immediately communicates urgent patient-care information, abnormal reports/results received, safety concerns, or documentation concerns to the appropriate licensed nurse.
Performs additional clerical and administrative duties as assigned by nursing leadership.
Provides clerical and select administrative services that facilitate unit operations and support the delivery of care to patients/ residents requiring care including: answering phone calls, maintaining patient charts, completing various reports, and other related duties.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance/ Flexible Spending Accounts
Tuition Reimbursement & Nursing Loan Repayment Programs
PerkSpot - Local Deals and Weekly Perks Program
401(k)
Paid Time Off Plan
New Pet Insurance Discount available
DailyPay option available! – Get your pay, when you need it.
Purchasing Power - online purchase/payroll deduction
Tickets at Work - entertainment ticket discounts
Employee Assistance Plan - easy-to-use services to help with everyday challenges of life (available for all employees and their families)
Helping Friends Foundation - our employees’ hardship/crisis fund
Auto and Home Insurance - employee discount available – payroll deduction!
In-facility education programs and more!