Health Unit Coordinator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• No specific minimum education is required; qualifying formal education and/or prior work experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for the essential tasks.
• No minimum experience is required.
• No licensure is required.

Nice To Haves

• A high school diploma or GED is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform clerical duties related to admissions, discharges, transfers, and deaths.
• Bring STAT orders to the attention of licensed nursing personnel.
• Transcribe physician orders accurately and promptly, and notify consults as ordered.
• Requisition supplies, equipment, maintenance, and repair services, and prepare related forms.
• Maintain appropriate unit stock and equipment inventories.
• Answer telephones and intercoms, and relay and document messages.
• Help ensure timely follow-up on patient requests.
• Assist physicians in obtaining reports from laboratory, radiology, and other departments.
• Schedule patient tests, diagnostic procedures, and doctors’ appointments as requested.
• Organize patient charts in the proper sequence.
• Label and replenish necessary forms.
• Obtain patient records from other facilities.
• Manage patient flow using the flowboard, if applicable.
• Ensure appropriate discharge disposition is recorded in electronic medical records.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Complete required annual education assignments.
• Work toward goals and objectives and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.