AMU Unit Clerk - PT

About the role

The AMU Unit Clerk - PT position at BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital is available for external applicants only. This role requires employees to provide direct patient care and demonstrates competencies specific to the population served.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and compiles records on the nursing unit
• Coordination of unit communication systems (phones, nurse call system, hospital information systems)
• Relaying information
• Maintaining optimal public relations
• Assisting in maintaining supplies, equipment, and overall unit environment
• Other duties as assigned by the Unit Leadership

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required for those hired on or after 6/1/2017
• 1-3 months related experience and/or training preferred
• Previous healthcare experience preferred
• Ability to successfully complete the organization's competency requirements for English, writing, spelling, and reading comprehension
• Ability to successfully complete the hospital’s orientation, core orientation, and unit-specific orientation
• Working knowledge of medical terminology
• Ability to input and retrieve data from the organization's computerized systems
• The organizational skills to maintain records and orderly filing systems and to manage multiple processes simultaneously
• Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, visitors, and all members of the care delivery team

Qualifications

• Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served
• Ability to perform work which produces very high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g. CRT work between 70 and 90 percent of the time, and work involving extremely close tolerances and considerable hand/eye coordination for sustained periods of time
• Regular lifting of light-weight objects (i.e., 20 pounds or less)
• Assisting with heavier tasks such as assisting in lifting and moving patients
• Minor straining or fatiguing positions must be assumed, and some fatiguing physical motions are required
• Coordinates the flow of information throughout the unit/department for all staff
• Answers telephone and nurse call system and provides information or relays messages to patients, visitors, and medical staff
• Distributes mail, newspapers, and flowers to patients
• Compiles census of patients, maintains records, and distributes information in accordance with unit/department procedures
• Coordinates with the charge nurse to insure smooth, efficient, and timely patient flow into, through, and out of the department
• Responsible for performing clerical duties and processing equipment and staff requests relative to department needs
• Records name of patient, address, and name of attending physician to prepare medical records on new patients
• Keeps file of medical records on patients in unit
• Gathers/inputs/retrieves information into various computerized systems
• Transports patients and guests to locations within facility, under direction or as needed
• Stocking to facilitate patient care in unit assigned to
• Takes admission paperwork to room, facilitates and completes Medicare/important message, and other assigned paperwork as directed by RN
• Manage incoming tubes from tube station and deliver meds or other items to the RN
• Work with transport to monitor elevator bays for beds/carts
• Absorb and pass on information to the patient and family as needed
• Manage incoming tubes from tube station and deliver meds or other items to the RN/medication cart
• Function as a Patient Safety Assistant for suicide precautions only, which includes, Safe patient handling required
• Observation and prevention of unsafe patient behavior/activity
• Communicating with the responsible RN about patient status and pertinent input to facilitate care planning
• Accompanies patients for diagnostic tests occasionally
• Maintains a clean and orderly environment
• Uses correct body positioning, proper body mechanics to avoid injury, utilizes safe work practices (e.g. pushing vs. pulling, patient transfer/lifting devices, etc.) and uses personal protective equipment when necessary

Skills

• Medical terminology
• Computerized systems
• Communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Physical stamina and strength
• Attention to detail

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Part time, 24 hours per week