PRN Emergency Department Unit Clerk

15800 Brighton Community Hospital Association dba Platte Valley Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Intermountain Health is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator to support the Emergency Department under nursing leadership. You will assist with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers, coordinate clerical tasks, manage calls, and help ensure smooth unit operations in a fast-paced environment.

This PRN, on-site role focuses on charting, order transcription, reception duties, and collaboration with nursing staff to deliver patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated clerical or customer service experience

Responsibilities

• Assists with admission, discharge, and transfer of patients; answers call lights; schedules tests and treatments.
• Provides access control to visitor entrances to secure units; performs telemetry duties; may deliver medications.
• Answers phones, processes and files records; transcribes physician orders; maintains unit supplies.
• Demonstrates teamwork, prioritization, communication, and provides excellent customer service.

Skills

Nursing

Patient Care

Office Administration

Medical Records Management

Electronic Medical Records

Teamwork

Computer Literacy

Word Processing

Organizing

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.

Posting Specifics

Benefits Eligible: No Shift Details: PRN Coverage needed Department/Unit: Emergency Dept Additional Details: Shift differentials given for evenings, nights and weekends

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, and 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, and 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, and 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. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location

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

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