Unit Clerk

Selectminds; Lapeer (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan, seeks a Unit Clerk for the Emergency Department. You will transcribe charts, route calls, prepare charges, and maintain patient records while protecting confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.

Requirements include a high school diploma, keyboard typing, medical terminology knowledge, and BLS certification within 3 months of hire. This full-time role offers regular night shifts and a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of keyboard/computer and typing experience
• Medical terminology knowledge
• BLS certification within 3 months of hire
• Preferred: Previous experience or training as Unit Clerk

Responsibilities

• Transcribes information onto patient charts, into log books and notes orders
• Handles telephone calls (inside lines, outside lines, EMS calls and patient call system)
• Prepares patient charges using physician notes, nursing notes and treatment documentation
• Enters charges onto SMS computer terminal
• Assembles charts, maintains department filing and orders supplies as needed
• Directs visitors, staff, physicians and outside agency representatives to patient area
• Performs typing duties as assigned
• Schedules and prepares charges for outpatient procedures
• Coordinates calls to special agencies as needed (e.g., police, animal control, etc.)
• Orders patient nourishments as needed
• Assists in data collection for monthly reports/assists with employee timekeeping
• Enters test results into the patient chart during downtime
• Completes transfer log and admission log
• Runs errands when directed
• Performs other department related duties as assigned

Skills

Typing

Medical terminology

BLS certification

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, 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 centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Coordinates the clerical activities of the Emergency Department. Maintains patient privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and respects patients' rights. Functions as the focal communication source in the nursing station.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Transcribes information onto patient charts, into log books and notes orders
2. Handles telephone calls (inside lines, outside lines, EMS calls and patient call system)
3. Prepares patient charges using physician notes, nursing notes and treatment documentation
4. Enters charges onto SMS computer terminal
5. Assembles charts, maintains department filing and orders supplies as needed
6. Directs visitors, staff, physicians and outside agency representatives to patient area
7. Performs typing duties as assigned
8. Schedules and prepares charges for outpatient procedures
9. Coordinates calls to special agencies as needed (e.g., police, animal control, etc.)
10. Orders patient nourishments as needed
11. Assists in data collection for monthly reports/assists with employee timekeeping
12. Enters test results into the patient chart during downtime
13. Completes transfer log and admission log
14. Runs errands when directed
15. Performs other department related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of keyboard/computer and typing experience
• Medical terminology knowledge
• BLS certification within 3 months of hire

Preferred:

• Previous experience or training as Unit Clerk

Position Specific Expectations:

• Deals with highly confidential patient medical information
• Must respond to demands from nursing staff, physicians, patients and patient families
• Requires patience and excellent guest relations skills
• Participates in Medical Center and/or departmental quality assessment and continuous quality improvement activities as directed through identification of quality improvement opportunities, goal setting, collection and evaluation of data, implementation of action plans, or related applications
• Access to Protected Health Information in any format, whether oral, written, or through Electronic Information Systems will be in accordance with HIPAA guidelines and subject to disciplinary action when misused. Access to electronic information systems for this position is based on criteria found in a pre-determined systems access matrix for classification specific job function, found in HR Policy #580, “Using, Disclosing, and Requesting Only the Minimum Amount of Protected Health Information Necessary”.
• Operates the following machinery: SMS computer, Care Manager terminal

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7p-7a
• On Call: No

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.

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.