Health Unit Coordinator

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Presbyterian is seeking a Full-Time Health Unit Coordinator for its Perioperative Care unit. This role involves greeting patients, facilitating communication for coordinated care, and ensuring operational efficiency without on-call, weekend, or holiday shifts. Ideal candidates will have strong organization and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Preferred experience in healthcare settings.
• Familiarity with HIPAA regulations.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintains supply levels and performs unit audits.
• Handles unit communications and assists visitors.
• Ensures accuracy in medical records and identification.

Skills

Communication

Coordination

Patient Care

Organization

Tools

eRecord

Medipac

Teletracking

Job description

Health Unit Coordinator – Full Time | UPMC Presbyterian, Perioperative Care

UPMC Presbyterian is currently hiring aFull-Time Health Unit Coordinatorfor our Perioperative Care unit. This position provides a consistent Monday through Friday schedule from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, withno on-call duties, weekends, or holiday shifts.As a Health Unit Coordinator, you’ll be the welcoming face of the unit—greeting patients, families, and staff, keeping communication flowing, and ensuring smooth coordination of patient care, tests, and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains designated supply levels and family lounge upkeep, performs unit audits, monitors noise levels, and strictly follows patient care, HIPAA, and safety policies.
• Handles all unit communications including answering phones, paging, faxing, and mail distribution; greets and assists visitors, physicians, and staff.
• Utilizes hospital information systems such as eRecord, MARS, Medipac, Bedboard, and Teletracking to update patient flow, enter physician orders, and coordinate tests, procedures, and patient transports.
• Maintains medical records and patient identification accuracy, manages office equipment maintenance and repair requests, and reports Bedboard discrepancies promptly.
• Supports effective communication and professional relationships within the team, suggests departmental improvements, and takes ownership of assigned tasks.
• Serves as a resource and preceptor for new staff, actively seeks feedback, identifies learning needs, and participates in self-review, projects, and committees to enhance performance.