Unit Coordinator

Mclaren-Health-Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Part-time schedule

Night shift

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks a Health Unit Coordinator to provide clerical support on the patient care unit, performing reception, data entry, and records management in line with hospital policies.

The role requires accuracy, organization, and teamwork in a fast-paced clinical setting. Responsibilities include transcribing orders, scheduling procedures, coordinating transportation, and assisting with staff orientation.

Qualifications

• Reception, data entry and retrieval in a patient care unit following hospital policies.
• Maintains supply inventory and distributes information.
• Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties.

Responsibilities

• Schedules procedures and patient transportation to procedure site.
• Assists in orienting new staff.
• Responds to phone calls and requests for information accurately.

Skills

Clerical skills

Data entry

Medical terminology

Computer literacy

Windows applications

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Health unit coordinator course

Medical terminology coursework

Tools

Windows OS

Medical records software

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.

Responsible for providing clerical support to patient care unit following departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

Provides general clerical support to the unit, such as reception, data entry and retrieval; maintaining supply inventory; and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various types of information.

Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties of orders and consultations.

Schedules procedures and patient/resident transportation to procedure site.

Participates in orientation of new staff.

Responds to phone calls and requests for information in an accurate, efficient manner.

Responds to patient/resident call lights and informs appropriate staff of requests.

Maintains current, accurate orders, records and other documentation related to the work.

Maintains the workstation in a clean, orderly, and well-stocked condition.

Accurately performs basic mathematical calculations.

Enhances individual and unit professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, in-service meetings, workshops, and by reading current literature concerning scope of practice.

Maintains medical record in orderly fashion with documents placed under appropriate chart dividers.

Performs other related responsibilities as necessary.

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Successful completion of a health unit coordinator course, or high school or college coursework in medical terminology and computer/data entry.

Preferred:

• Six months of clerical experience in a health care setting.
• Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Additional Locations:Michigan, Lansing
• Requisition ID: 26002660
• Daily Work Times: 7p-7a
• On Call: Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.