Ward Clerk

PACS

7d•$17 - $18•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of the Ward Clerk position is to assist the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse in day-to-day recording and charting of medical or administrative information in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern medical records. This role ensures that medical records are maintained in an informative and descriptive manner, as required by the Director of Nursing Services.

Requirements

Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or GED.
Must have exceptional communication and customer service skills.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Basic knowledge of medical terminology and nursing practices is helpful.

Responsibilities

Record medical and administrative information in accordance with established charting and documentation policies and procedures.
Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
Maintain an up-to-date roster of residents for your assigned unit.
Fill out resident charge slips and submit to the Business Office.
Answer telephone, page calls, deliver messages to residents, etc., as necessary.
Maintain a current listing of emergency phone numbers for your assigned unit.
Maintain and forward daily tardy and absentee reports to the Business Office.
Record appropriate resident identification data on designated medical records, wristbands, ID cards, etc., as required.
Transcribe physicians’ orders to care plans, medication cards, treatment plans, etc., as required.
Report discrepancies found in transcribing physicians’ orders, diet orders/changes, charting, etc., to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
Review medication cards for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician’s order, legibility, etc., as directed.
Chart nurses’ notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided as well as the resident’s response to the care.
Forward new diet orders and/or diet changes to the Director of Food Services.
Notify the resident’s next-of-kin when there is a change in the resident’s condition as instructed.
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents. Assist in arranging for transportation, packing residents’ belongings, escorting them to discharge/transfer area, loading, etc., as necessary.
Complete necessary medical and administrative records upon the resident’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
Forward completed charts of discharged residents to the Medical Records/Health Information Department.
Attend various committee meetings of the facility (i.e., Infection Control, Policy Advisory, Pharmaceutical, Quality Assurance & Assessment, etc.) as required.
Assist the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse in developing work assignments, schedules, etc., as required.
Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility.
Inform nursing service personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc.
Greet newly admitted residents upon admission. Escort to room as necessary.
Encourage attending physicians to record and sign progress notes, physicians’ orders, etc., on a timely basis and in accordance with current regulations.
Inform family members of the death of a resident as instructed.
Call funeral homes when requested by the family.
Attend and participate in annual facility in-service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, Infection Control, etc.).
Participate in appropriate in-service training programs prior to performing tasks that involve potential exposure to blood/body fluids.
Participate in the implementation and maintenance of the infection control program for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases, including TB, among the residents and personnel.
Inform the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of your equipment and supply needs.
Ensure that all personnel involved in providing care to the resident are aware of the resident’s care plan and that nursing personnel refer to the resident’s care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident.
Report suspected or known incidence of fraud relative to false billings, cost reports, kickbacks, etc.
Treat all residents fairly, and with kindness, dignity, and respect.
Assist in recording all incidents/accidents. File in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor/DON/Administrator.