Clinical Support Clerk (Full-time, Days)

St. Luke's University Health Network; Bethlehem (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network in Alabama is seeking a unit clerk to support patient care operations on the hospital unit. You will relay information between the care team, patients, families and other departments, and help ensure timely communications and accurate charting.

Proficiency with Epic, Kronos and MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) is required, as is a High School diploma or GED. Previous hospital unit clerk experience is preferred, with flexibility and reliable teamwork.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Previous hospital unit clerk experience preferred.
• Proficiency with Epic, Kronos and MS Office (Word/Outlook/Excel) required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates timely communications between and relays information to members of the health care team, other departments, patient, family, and visitors in a professional, friendly and efficient manner.
• Maintains the patient’s medical record (chart/file) related to the admission, transfer and discharge processes (including orders and charges) according to policy.
• Operates, maintains, and troubleshoots all office equipment including computer, fax machine, and printers.
• Maintains current, accurate and cost-effective inventory of office supplies and forms.
• Demonstrates ability to accurately and efficiently transcribe staffing schedules Kronos.
• Maintains logs and statistics.
• Obtains, sorts, sends and delivers mail.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Epic systems

Kronos

MS Office

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitates timely communications between and relays information to members of the health care team, other departments, patient, family, and visitors in a professional, friendly and efficient manner.

• Demonstrates expertise utilizing computer systems including Epic, Kronos, and MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel).

• Accurately and efficiently implements processes related to patient care orders (i. e. schedules and coordinates processes for diagnostic testing and/or procedures for patients, consultations, meal service, isolation precautions, telemetry, etc.)

• Maintains the patient’s medical record (chart/file) related to the admission, transfer and discharge processes (including orders and charges) according to policy.

• Operates, maintains, and troubleshoots all office equipment including computer, fax machine, and printers.

• Maintains current, accurate and cost-effective inventory of office supplies and forms.

• Demonstrates ability to accurately and efficiently transcribe staffing schedules Kronos.

• Maintains logs and statistics.

• Obtains, sorts, sends and delivers mail.

PHYSICIAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

Sit up to 8 hours per day; 2 hours at a time. Stand for up to 1 hour per day. Walk 1 hour per day; 10 minutes at a time. Continuously uses fingers and hands to manipulate objects. Continuously twists/turns fingers and hands simultaneously. Continuously lifts, carries, pushes and pulls objects up to 10 lbs. Occasionally lifts, carries and pushes objects up to 25 lbs. Frequently pulls objects up to 25 lbs. Occasionally lifts, carries, pushes and pulls objects up to 50 lbs. Occasionally squats, crouches, kneels and climbs. Must have the ability for touching as it relates to perceiving attributes of an object. Must have the ability for hearing as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequencies. Must have the ability to see as it relates to general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision. Continuously stoop, bend and reach above shoulder level. Must have hand/eye coordination for computer operation.

EDUCATION:

High School Graduate/GED required.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

Previous unit clerk or applicable hospital experience preferred. Demonstrated expertise with defined computer systems. Attendance at and successful completion of additional classes to support other functions of the role may be required.

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.