Bilingual Unit Clerk – Nursing Admin & Records

Alameda Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare; Perth Amboy (NJ); On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Same Day Pay

Refer a Friend Bonus

Thankful Thursday events

Gift Giveaways

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401K

Holiday Pay

Paid Time Off

Overtime

Job summary

Alameda Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare is seeking a Nursing Clerical Assistant (Unit Clerk) in New Jersey. The role provides clerical support to the nursing department, handling medical records, transcription, and unit operations to ensure smooth daily patient care.

The position prefers bilingual candidates (English and Spanish and/or Hindi speaking) and offers a hourly wage of $17 with benefits and overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• This position requires a high school degree with college/ business school coursework.
• Experience With Medical Terminology And Transcription Is Preferred.
• Must be able to read, write and understand the English language. Bilingual with the Spanish language too, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides secretarial support to the nursing staff as needed.
• Delivers new admission chart to unit and initiates forms in preparation for admission.
• Faxes physicians’ orders daily.
• Delivers any faxed printouts to the appropriate department.
• Completes daily transfer of the vital signs and weights from the daily assignment sheet to the resident’s chart.
• Schedules appointments with physicians for the residents; relays the information to nursing.
• Prepares discharge charts for medical records.
• Performs chart audit and reports any deficiencies to the Unit Director.
• Maintains medical records per policy.
• Schedules professional agency personnel as directed and supervised by the D.O.N.
• Keeps unit supplied with necessary forms.
• Orders and charges accordingly, any necessary resident care supplies.
• Orders miscellaneous unit stock.
• Completes daily staffing sheets, places in staffing book, and copies these sheets for Unit Director.
• Assists in maintaining staffing needs on unit and making calls to fill staffing needs.
• Refers requests for all information on residents or facility to unit director or nurse coordinator.
• Greets and assists visitors entering unit.
• Answers telephones, directs call and takes messages.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Typing

Phone system operation

Computer basics

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma

Business school coursework

Tools

Medical terminology

Job description

Alameda Center For Rehabilitation & Healthcare is seeking a Nursing Clerical Assistant (Unit Clerk) in New Jersey. The role provides clerical support to the nursing department, handling medical records, transcription, and unit operations to ensure smooth daily patient care.

The position prefers bilingual candidates (English and Spanish and/or Hindi speaking) and offers a hourly wage of $17 with benefits and overtime opportunities.