Health Unit Coordinator Critical Care

McLaren Health Care; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator II to support patient care delivery by processing physician orders, maintaining patient records, managing information, scheduling, and delivering customer service. The role includes cardiac telemetry monitoring in ICU/CVU and requires strong organization and communication skills.

Responsibilities include entering orders into the Hospital Information System, maintaining medical records, and ensuring accurate documentation and

Qualifications

• High school diploma with basic computer skills; medical terminology training preferred.
• HUC telemetry monitoring class completion and annual competency testing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to obtain and distribute accurate clerical information promptly and confidentially.
• Enter orders into the Hospital Information System accurately and timely.
• Organize patient records from admission to transfer or discharge per policy.
• Maintain professional communication via phone, email, fax, and other channels.
• Protect medicolegal duties of patient records and privacy.
• Capture charges accurately to support correct patient billing.
• Monitor telemetry for patients in ICU/CVU and report rhythm issues.
• Pursue ongoing knowledge and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Organization

Communication

Medical terminology

Education

High school diploma

CHUC certification

Tools

Hospital Information System (HIS)

Telemetry monitoring training (MNM)

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

The Health Unit Coordinator II is responsible for supporting patient care delivery by processing physician orders, maintaining patient records, managing patient information, scheduling, and providing customer service. The Health Unit Coordinator II will be responsible for cardiac telemetry monitoring in ICU and CVU. The individual has excellent organization and communication skills (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively with customers to ensure that accurate clerical information is obtained and distributed in a timely and confidential manner.
• Completes documents legibly and accurately enters orders into the Hospital Information System in a timely manner. Completes HUC tasks and clipboards timely.
• Initiates and maintains medical record organization from admission through transfer and or discharge consistent with the standards established by NMRH. Both electronic and paper chart checks completed per policy.
• Demonstrates professional and courteous skills in all modes of communication (phone, email, fax, one on one, call system, etc.)
• Demonstrates an understanding of the medicolegal implications and responsibilities related to Colleague and patient records to protect the colleague, patient and hospital adhering to privacy and confidentially mandates.
• Accurately captures charges to support correct patient billing.
• Takes initiative in expanding job-related knowledge and skills to improve performance and adjust to change. Performs other job-related functions as assigned.
• Monitors patients on telemetry on ICU or CVU, reporting adverse rhythms to nursing.

Required

• Minimum of high school graduate with training on personal computers (with different applications), general office equipment use and procedures. Course work in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology preferred.
• Completes and passes the HUC telemetry monitoring class thru MNM and maintains skill through annual competency testing.

Preferred

• Previous experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Certification may be obtained (CHUC – Certified Health Unit Coordinator) through the National Association for Health Unit Coordinators.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Requisition ID: 26011583
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am-7:30pm
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.