Full-Time Health Unit Clerk (HUC)

Universal Health Services; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Prairie St. John's, part of Universal Health Services, seeks a Mental Health Technician for a full-time, 40-hour week at our 132-bed behavioral health facility in Fargo, ND.

This role offers a Monday–Friday schedule, full benefits, and active involvement in patient care and unit operations. You will assist with admissions, charting, patient flow, and coordination with nursing staff to support high-quality care for children, adolescents, and adults.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with children, adolescents or adults in a health care setting or group setting such as day care, school, group homes, or residential facilities.

Responsibilities

• Organizes assigned activities to complete them in a timely fashion; helps direct patient flow and tracks patient lab work and documents.
• Prioritize responsibilities and work on all units as necessary.
• Initiates chart forms for admissions, transfers and discharges; assembles admission charts.
• Maintains patients' charts in order and assists in maintaining unit stock and supplies.
• Files reports and test results; prints nursing notes and maintains admission chart packs.
• Assists in maintaining the patient bed board and contacts outpatient providers for admissions.

Job description

Responsibilities

Full-Time HUC position!

Join the expanding team in our new state of the art 132 bed behavioral health facility!

This full-time opportunity offers 40 hours per week, full benefits, and Monday-Friday.

Some essentiaal job duties:

• Organizes assigned activities in order to complete them in a timely fashion. Assists in organizing the unit and nurses' stations. Helps direct patient flow, retrieves charts form the physician’s offices, tracks patient lab work and other documents; and monitors the admission lab turnaround.


• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize responsibilities. Must be able to work on all units as necessary.


• Initiates chart forms for patient admissions, transfers, and discharges; assembles admission charts.


• Maintains patients' charts in appropriate organizational and sequential order.


• Inventories unit stock ensuring availability of proper supplies.


• Files reports and test results in a timely manner. Prints out nursing notes.


• Maintains a supply of admission chart packs.


• Assists in maintaining the patient bed board.


• Calls for and obtains previous medical records for patients upon admission.


• Communicates patient requests to appropriate staff member in a timely manner.


• Schedules patients' appointments and pre-registers patients for existing appointments.


• Assists staff with answering the phone.


• Assists with duties of the Mental Health Tech as necessary.


• Assists with Emergency Code Response.


• Participates in therapeutic crisis intervention when needed with patients.


• Observes and monitors the patients' status and safety; delivers care according to standards consistent with multidisciplinary treatment and discharge plan, care directives, and expected outcomes.


• Assists RN and LPNs with daily set up and delineation of duties upon the approval of the RN.


• Contacts outpatient providers to notify of patient admission.


• Contacts parents for children/adolescents to notify of admission.

Schedule:

Monday-Friday (8:00am-4:30pm)

Prairie St. John's has been providing services for children, adolescents, and adults to address behavioral health and substance use challenges since 1997. Prairie offers inpatient hospitalization, day treatment, and intensive outpatient services. Accredited by The Joint Commission, we are the largest, freestanding behavioral health facility in the region. More than 4,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Prairie St. John's.

What do our current employees value at Prairie St. John's & UHS?

A safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values the nursing profession. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Mental Health Technican is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. You are never alone, as you are part of a large, nationwide network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that educate the field, routinely exchange ideas, and review current topics within the industry. We are proud of our robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement with UHS. We want to help you succeed and grow in your profession and enjoy a sense of belonging and trust that comes through your expanding experience. At UHS, you have a voice.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

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Qualifications

Mental Health Technician Job Requirements:

Previous experience working with children, adolescents or adults in a health care setting or group setting such as day care, school, group homes, or residential facilities.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.