Health Unit Coordinator PRN

15800 Brighton Community Hospital Association dba Platte Valley Hospital; Brighton (CO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

15800 Brighton Community Hospital Association dba Platte Valley Hospital is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator for a PRN role in Brighton, Colorado. You will assist in coordinating patient flow, nurse and physician activities, and clerical tasks on the unit to support efficient patient care.

Responsibilities include admissions/discharges, telemetry, order transcription, call-light responses, and maintaining unit records.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated clerical or customer service experience

Responsibilities

• Assist with admission, discharge, and transfer of patients.
• Answer patient call lights.
• Schedule tests and treatments.
• Provide access control to visitor entrance to secure units.
• Perform telemetry duties.
• Deliver medications from the delivery system to the RN.
• Answer unit telephones and disseminate information appropriately.
• Process, organize, file, and maintain patient and unit records.
• Transcribe physician orders.
• Act as unit receptionist.
• Organize, stock, and maintain supplies on the unit.
• Collaborate with nursing manager and charge nurse.
• Demonstrate effective teamwork, prioritization, communication, and organization.
• Provide excellent customer service when responding to patient/family requests, physicians, nursing, and other ancillary services.

Skills

Nursing

Patient Care

Office Admin

Medical Records

EMR

Teamwork

Computer Literacy

Organizing

Word Processing

Information Management

Job description

Job Description

Under the direction of nursing leadership, the Health Unit Coordinator facilitates unit organization and patient care by assisting in the coordination of patient, nursing, physician, and other healthcare provider office and clerical activities. This is a PRN position

Essential Functions

Patient Care Support

• Assists with admission, discharge, and transfer of patients
• answers patient call lights
• schedules tests and treatments
• provides access control to visitor entrance to secure units
• performs telemetry duties
• may deliver medications from the delivery system to the RN

Clerical Support

• Answers unit telephones and disseminates information appropriately
• processes, organizes, files, and maintains patient and unit records
• transcribes physician orders
• acts as unit receptionist
• may organize, stock, and maintain supplies on the unit

Collaboration and Customer Service

• Performs functions delegated by the nursing manager and charge nurse
• demonstrates effective teamwork, prioritization, communication, and organization
• provides excellent customer service when responding to patient/family requests, physicians, nursing, and other ancillary services

Skills

Nursing Patient Care Office Administration Medical Records Management Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Teamwork Computer Information Organizing Word Processing Computer Literacy

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated clerical or customer service experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience as a secretary in a hospital setting
• Previous experience using electronic medical records (EMR)
• Experience using word processing software
• Basic understanding of medical terminology

Physical Requirements

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location

Platte Valley Hospital
Work City: Brighton
Work State: Colorado
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $20.00 - $26.48

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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