Health Unit Coordinator, Inpatient Services

150 Shriners Hospitals for Children; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement matching

Job summary

Shriners Children's seeks a part-time Health Unit Coordinator for the Portland, OR team. The HUC provides clerical and office support in the inpatient setting, answering phones, registering patients, maintaining records, transporting specimens, and procuring supplies, meds, and blood products.

The role supports nursing leadership and outpatient coordination while ensuring family-centered care and efficient admissions/discharges processing.

Qualifications

• 1 year Transcription, medical terminology, office organizational skills.
• 1 year Computer applications, typing, general office skills.
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Responsibilities

• Answer phones and direct communications.
• Register patients in the computer.
• Maintain patient information (paper and computerized).
• Transport specimens.
• Procure needed supplies, medications, and blood products.
• Support nursing leadership in inpatient setting.

Skills

Transcription

Medical terminology

Office organizational skills

Computer applications

Typing

BLS

Tools

Electronic Medical Record

Job description

Company Overview Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status.

Job Description

We currently have an opening for a part-time Health Unit Coordinator to join our Portland, OR team. The HUC is responsible to Nursing leadership. Provides clerical and office support in the inpatient setting. The HUC is responsible for answering phones, directing communications, registering patients in the computer, maintaining patient information (paper and computerized), transporting specimens, and procuring needed supplies, medications, and blood products.

Key Responsibilities

• Seeks to provide an environment conducive to family centered care
• Is aware of patient/parent and staff boundary issues
• Supports the professional interdisciplinary staff in their role to provide expert clinical care to patients
• Completes all paperwork for admissions and discharges according to policy and procedure
• Demonstrates appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills when dealing with patients, families, visitors and other staff

Required Qualifications

• 1 year Transcription, medical terminology, office organizational skills
• 1 year Computer applications, typing, general office skills
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years' experience as Unit Clerk/Unit Secretary/Health Unit Coordinator
• 3 years experience Electronic Medical Record
• Bilingual in Spanish

Compensation

Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

Benefits

• Eligible Shriners Children's employees receive comprehensive benefits packages, including medical, dental and vision insurance, tuition assistance, retirement matching and so much more!

Every day, we provide innovative, compassionate care and conduct leading research that enhances the quality of life for children and their families.

We invite you to explore the many rewarding career paths at Shriners Children's, from clinical and non-clinical positions to education and research opportunities. We're always looking for driven, compassionate professionals to join our team as nurses, physical therapists, medical assistants, administrative staff and much more.

No matter where you're located, you'll find openings at our Shriners Children's facilities across the U.S., in Canada and Mexico and at our corporate headquarters in Tampa, Florida.