Cardiopulmonary Services Assistant - PD

01 Salinas Valley Health Medical Center; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 48,216 - 61,992; Full time

Job summary

Salinas Valley Health is seeking a detail-oriented clerical professional to support the Sleep Center and Cardiopulmonary Services. You will assist with patient charts, scheduling tests, and billing processes while maintaining accurate records across hospital systems.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED and current BLS/Healthcare Provider status. The role involves flexible scheduling and interaction with patients and hospital staff to ensure smooth operations.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED required.
• Licensure: BLS/Healthcare Provider status per American Heart Association standards required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation, processing, and distribution of patient charts, reports, and billing.
• Schedules patient tests and notifies the appropriate people.
• Answers the departmental phones and routes calls.
• Maintains accurate patient records and related documentation.
• Uses hospital computer systems to process forms and schedules.

Skills

Clerical experience

Scheduling

Customer service

PACS

Microsoft Office

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

PACS

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing! We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Department: Sleep Center Works under the supervision of the Senior Administrative Director of Cardiopulmonary Services or designee, Manager or Supervisor. Assists with preparation, processing, and distribution of patient charts, reports, and billing. Schedules patient tests and notifies the appropriate people. Provides clerical support, answers the departmental phones and routes calls. Utilizes the Hospital computer systems, and Department computer systems to process forms, procedures, policies, schedules, and other word processing/typing and projects as needed. Performs other duties as assigned within the cardiopulmonary service line. Accepts and completes in a timely manner assignments in all areas of the Neurodiagnostic, Respiratory PFT scheduling and Sleep Center. Performs all technical and clinical work as outlined in the American Society Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist Standards (ASET). Records EEG awake and asleep, evoked potentials, AABR, and EEG seizure monitoring. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to age of the patient. Prepares, processes, and distributes patient charts, reports, and billing. Schedules outpatient appointments and keeps appropriate persons informed. Maintains accurate patient records, related material, and appropriate documentation. Updates the computer with patient information. Answers departmental phones, confirms patients for evening sleep studies, reschedules cancellations and calls in from cancellation list, when applicable. Advises Manager when six patient beds are not filled each evening, and routes calls appropriately, or takes messages as needed. Greets evening patients, gives tour of lobby, control room, restrooms and fire exits, shows to their designated rooms, instructs patients on the use of electric bed and television remotes, pull string and audio/video. Confirms identify of patients and applies patients’ wristbands. Instructs patients to change into their evening clothes in their bedroom and points out the blind Spot. Guides patients through electronic registration, confirms signatures and submits to admitting. Provides clerical support, using the Hospital and Department computer systems to process forms, procedures, policies, schedules, and other word processing/typing and projects as needed. Performs related duties such as special project assignments and assisting others. Assumes active role in the Sleep Medicine Department’s Continuous Quality Improvement Program, and processing of reports. Uses appropriate communication and teamwork skills when working with patients, co-workers and other hospital staff. Establishes, maintains, and files computerized records and databases for the Cardiopulmonary Service Line. Utilizes the Hospital and department computer systems (including PACS and Reporting Software, Microsoft Office including but not limited to Word, Excel, Visio, etc.) Performs noninvasive Neurodiagnostic procedures such as awake, asleep EEG's, Evoked Potentials, EEG/Video monitoring, and AABR’s.

Education and Licensure

Education: A minimum of a high school diploma or GED required.

Licensure: Current BLS/Healthcare Provider status as per American Heart Association Standards Required.

Experience

Two to three years of recent clerical experience or equivalent combination of education and Experience.

Pay Range

The hourly rate for this position is $34.85 - $43.56. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for this position.

Job Specifications

• Union: Non-Affiliated
• Work Shift: Variable
• FTE: 0.0
• Scheduled Hours: 0

Company Culture

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us! Salinas Valley Health, formerly Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, founded in 1953, is the cornerstone of what would eventually become Salinas Valley Health. Today, we serve thousands of individuals and families just like you throughout the Salinas Valley, Monterey Peninsula and the surrounding region. Each year, our highly trained team of healthcare professionals takes our renowned quality of patient care to the next level. Our team actively utilizes the latest medical techniques with our state-of-the-art technology to improve your health and well-being. In many cases this provides you and your family the opportunity to receive specialized care right here in your own community, without the need for travel. Our 263-bed acute care medical center employs more than 2,036 people and has a medical staff of more than 300 board-certified physicians across a broad spectrum of specialties, all dedicated to your care.