Nursing Unit Clerk - Stead Family Children's Hospital Pediatric Cancer Center L11
Responsibilities
- Communicates and interacts with patients, visitors, and other health care professionals in an effective manner and maintains positive, cooperative relationships
- Utilizes and maintains electronic communication systems to ensure communication among the health care team members and patients/families, including text pagers, locator badges, wireless phones, and other new systems
- Provides information and direction to health care personnel and visitors coming to the unit, answers the telephone; takes and delivers messages and assists in keeping White Boards updated at least daily as appropriate
- Helps to answer call lights, maintain call-light system, and relay information in a timely manner to appropriate team members
- Proficient in navigating web-based resources and using online clinical and business applications
- Performs computer functions within scope of role as defined by the individual unit
- Maintains accurate census information; (e.g., timely ADT entry into IDX, Premise bed board activities, correct level of accommodation charges, and census reconciliation)
- Processes patient charges including batching charges in a timely manner, as appropriate
- Notifies appropriate health care professionals of a patient admission and prepares the required forms with patient identification information
- Completes and maintains hospital and nursing records
- Uses appropriate medical terminology and symbols, i.e. verbal, written and electronic
- Aids health care providers in scheduling patient tests and appointments
- Practices standard precautions in infection control in accordance with institutional policy
- Affords assistance during emergencies, and other patient cares and services as directed
- Maintains a process for ordering, obtaining, and storing supplies that is cost effective and meets unit needs
- Participates in unit staff meetings and in-services
- Performs other projects or tasks as assigned
- Graduation from high school and any combination of clerical experience, health care experience and/or post high school education which totals one year, or
- Any combination of clerical experience and/or health care experience which totals two years.
- Preferred candidates will possess: 6 months of clerical experience, public contact/customer service experience, medical terminology knowledge, proficiency in MS Word, and proficiency in MS Excel. Excellent communication skills
- Merit Pay Plan
- Benefits Highlights
Requirements
Qualifications
Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Benefits
Schedule
Saturday and Sunday evening, holidays per unit guidelines
Location
Stead Family Children's Hospital (SFCH)
Equal Opportunity Employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, or associational preferences.
Contact Information
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