Health Unit Coordinator Critical Care - Med Surg

McLaren Health Care; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator II to support patient care delivery by processing physician orders, maintaining patient records, scheduling, and providing customer service. The role includes cardiac telemetry monitoring in ICU and CVU.

The coordinator will organize medical records from admission through discharge, communicate professionally across channels, ensure privacy, and assist with accurate charge entry to support patient billing.

Qualifications

• Minimum of high school diploma with basic computer skills.
• Telemetry monitoring class through MNM and annual competency testing.
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to obtain and distribute accurate clerical information confidentially.
• Enter orders into the Hospital Information System accurately and timely.
• Organize medical records from admission through discharge per policy.
• Communicate professionally by phone, email, fax, and in person.
• Protect privacy and confidentiality of records to comply with medicolegal requirements.
• Accurately capture charges to support correct patient billing.
• Monitor telemetry in ICU or CVU and report adverse rhythms to nursing.
• Pursue additional knowledge and adapt to changes; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Telemetry monitoring

Organization skills

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma

HUC telemetry monitoring class

CHUC certification

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.

Health Unit Coordinator Critical Care - Med Surg

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: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7am-7pm
• On Call: Yes

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.

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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.