Medical Receptionist (Mother Baby) - Nights

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About the role

Coordinates nursing station, performs clerical and reception duties. Requisitions supplies, equipment, and services as directed. Coordinates communications between customers and staff. Follows hospital policy and procedures. This position is located at our Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital and is a full-time nightshift role on the Mother Baby Unit.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the delivery of patient care and maintenance of unit environmental standards under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Assists with day-to-day delivery of patient care.
• Facilitates efficient and safe patient care and flow by following work area standards.
• Serves as a liaison for communication and education of patient and family needs.
• Supports unit operations and patient flow by maintaining supplies, equipment, and unit environmental standards.
• Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Provides guidance to entry-level co-workers.

Technical Capabilities

• Clinical Competencies (Novice): Demonstrates competence with interventions (such as point of care testing, vital signs, etc.) in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
• Care Partner Patient Documentation (Novice): Independently works with clinical applications for patient documentation.
• Environment of Care (Novice): Demonstrates ability to set up and maintain patient rooms, supplies, and equipment. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to successfully deliver environment of care services while requiring some support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate peers by setting the example, giving technical support, providing leadership, and generally elevating the level of performance of others while on the job.
• Planning & Organizing (Novice): Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, participate in goal setting, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments and responsibilities. Appropriately matches equipment and capital resources to task demands. Prepares and presents clear and accurate status reports on patient care assignments. Addresses problems and obstacles before they arise. Adapts to changes in major assignments while maintaining expectations. Understands and identifies with the basic goals and values of the organization.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues:
  • Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
  • Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles, and develops relationships across areas.
  • Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services:
  • Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others, and how to provide excellent service.
  • Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
  • Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality:
  • Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
  • Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively:
  • Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
  • Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
  • Makes Data-Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision-making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation:
  • Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
  • Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
  • Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Less than 1 year of relevant work experience

Schedule

6:45 PM - 7:15 AM, (3) 12-hour weekly night shifts with weekend shift requirements. Shifts will rotate weekly. This unit is open Monday - Sunday.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 403b Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Career Growth Ladder Opportunities