ED Support Assistant - Per Diem

Northwell Health; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 23,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Retirement Plan

Wellness Programs

Job summary

Northwell Health's Danbury Hospital is seeking a unit clerk to provide clerical support in the Emergency Department, coordinate patient flow, and ensure accurate charting.

You will input data, navigate multiple applications, and communicate with nursing and ancillary teams to maintain smooth operations and patient satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Data entry required.
• Ability to navigate multiple applications.

Responsibilities

• Assembles unit clerical tasks based on clinical requests and monitors patient activity.
• Provides input to charge nurse and manager on staffing processes.
• Maintains proficiency in HMED, Cerner, Invision, Teletracking and related systems.
• Completes scanning to ensure accurate patient chart in EDIS.
• Handles alerts such as Trauma, Stroke, STEMI as needed.
• Knows downtime functions and impact on ancillary systems.
• Interacts effectively with phlebotomy, radiology, respiratory staff.
• Follows Disaster Plan tasks to support patient throughput.
• Organizes logs and files to meet regulatory requirements.
• Communicates age-appropriate information to patients.
• Ensures patient satisfaction through clear communications.
• Manages supplies like forms and labels.
• Builds strong working relationships with health care team.
• Maintains safe and orderly work environment.
• Performs all compliance responsibilities and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data entry

Multi-application environment

Education

Six months clerical/health setting experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary

Provides clerical support, coordinates general activity and communicates clearly with all disciplines. Assists with patient through-put and other related tasks.

Responsibilities

1. Assesses and performs clerical needs of the unit based on clinical requests and monitoring of patient activity in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner.
2. Provides input to charge nurse, clinical leader, and manager with department staffing process.
3. Maintains proficiency in HMED, Cerner, Invision, Teletracking and other system applications required for the performance of required duties.
4. Completes and maintains scanning functions accurately identifying the correct patient and document to ensure an accurate patient chart in EDIS and Document Imaging.
5. Performs all tasks associated with various alerts; may include but is not limited to Trauma alert, Stroke Alert, STEMI alert, etc.
6. Maintains knowledge of all downtime functions and their associated impact on ancillary systems. Functions may include but are not limited to HMED and Cerner registration, Cerner orders, Invision orders, obtaining results, scanning of downtime documents, etc.
7. Interacts effectively with other department staff who are required to provide patient care such as phlebotomy, radiology, respiratory, etc.
8. Maintains knowledge of and performs Disaster Plan (Plan D) tasks timely, and efficiently assisting the clinical staff with patient through-put.
9. Organizes and maintains all logs and files to achieve compliance with JCAHO, State, Federal, department, and organization requirements.
10. Provides information appropriate to the age of the patients served on her/his assigned shift and within the parameters of the position.
11. Ensures patient satisfaction through appropriate communications both in person and on the phone. Provides clear, concise information and timely transfer of calls or information to the charge nurse.
12. Manages and maintains various supplies such as forms, labels, paper, etc.
13. Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members and patients.
14. Maintains a safe and orderly work environment.
15. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
16. Performs other duties as assigned.

Education Skills Experience

Required: Data entry. Ability to navigate a multi-application environment.

Minimum Experience: six months

Desired: MS Word and MS Excel.

Other Information

Required: Data entry. Ability to navigate a multi-application environment.

Minimum Experience: six months

Desired: MS Word and MS Excel.

Working Conditions

Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity

Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk

Physical Effort: Sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force

Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Danbury Hospital

Org Unit: 119

Department: Emergency Department

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $17.00 - $31.36 Hourly

“Available benefits include: 401(k) Retirement Plan and Wellness Programs. Available benefits for union positions may vary in accordance with applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements.”

It is Northwell Health’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status, or citizenship status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, height, weight, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, their or their dependent’s sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.