Nursing Unit Clerk - Postpartum & Newborn Unit (7JPP) - 90% Evenings

University of Iowa; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Professional benefits package

Job summary

University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City is hiring a Nursing Unit Clerk on a full-time basis. You will communicate with patients and staff, manage messages, and assist in scheduling tests and maintaining patient records.

Strong clerical and healthcare terminology knowledge is preferred, with exposure to MS Word and Excel. Relocation assistance may be available; a merit pay plan and shift differentials enhance compensation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with clerical/healthcare exposure.
• Clerical or health care experience desirable.
• Strong communication abilities and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with patients, visitors, and health care professionals in a positive, cooperative manner.
• Maintain electronic communication systems and update white boards daily.
• Answer calls, relay messages, and assist in scheduling tests and appointments.
• Process patient charges and ensure accurate census information in IDX/Premise.
• Maintain hospital records using standard medical terminology and symbols.
• Participate in unit staff meetings and in-services.

Skills

Public contact

Customer service

Medical terminology

MS Word

MS Excel

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

University of Iowa Health Care—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. ®

Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Communicates and interacts with patients, visitors, and other health care professionals in an effective manner and maintains positive, cooperative relationships
• Utilizes and maintains electronic communication systems to ensure communication among the health care team members and patients/families, including text pagers, locator badges, wireless phones, and other new systems
• Provides information and direction to health care personnel and visitors coming to the unit, answers the telephone; takes and delivers messages and assists in keeping White Boards updated at least daily as appropriate
• Helps to answer call lights, maintain call-light system, and relay information in a timely manner to appropriate team members
• Proficient in navigating web-based resources and using online clinical and business applications
• Performs computer functions within scope of role as defined by the individual unit
• Maintains accurate census information; (e.g., timely ADT entry into IDX, Premise bed board activities, correct level of accommodation charges, and census reconciliation)
• Processes patient charges including batching charges in a timely manner, as appropriate
• Notifies appropriate health care professionals of a patient admission and prepares the required forms with patient identification information
• Completes and maintains hospital and nursing records
• Uses appropriate medical terminology and symbols, i.e. verbal, written and electronic
• Assists health care providers in scheduling patient tests and appointments
• Practices standard precautions in infection control in accordance with institutional policy
• Assists staff during emergencies, and other patient cares and services as directed
• Maintains a process for ordering, obtaining, and storing supplies that is cost effective and meets unit needs
• Participates in unit staff meetings and in-services
• Performs other projects or tasks as assigned

Aptitudes Required In Order To Perform Responsibilities

• Work in an environment with conflicting demands and/or priorities and rushed and/or urgent timelines
• Manage multiple assignments and provide quick reaction and immediate response to emergencies
• Maintain attention to detail over extended period of time and continually be aware of variations in changing situations
• Strong communication skills and a tolerance for an active work environment with potential for negative behavior
• Work well with all levels and types of people

Percent of Time: 90%

Schedule: 8/12 hour shifts Monday - Friday (1500-2330). Up to every other weekend days (12 hours 0700-1930) with holidays as assigned

Location: John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP)

Rotations: Rotating weekends & Holidays assigned

Merit Pay Plan

Pay Differentials: Shift differentials for evening and night.

Benefits Highlights

Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Relocation Assistant available to qualified applicants. https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from high school and any combination of clerical experience, health care experience and/or post high school education which totals one year, or
• Any combination of clerical experience and/or health care experience which totals two years.

Desired Qualifications

• Preferred candidates will possess: 6 months of clerical experience, public contact/customer service experience, medical terminology knowledge, proficiency in MS Word, and proficiency in MS Excel. Excellent communication skills

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

For questions or additional information, please contact Morgan Schipper at [e-mail]

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Nursing Unit Clerk
• Appointment Type: Merit
• Schedule: Full-time
• Work Modality Options: On Campus

Compensation

• Pay Level: 5

Contact Information

• Organization: Healthcare
• Contact Name: Kiley Skay
• Contact Email: [e-mail]