Unit Coordinator

About the role

Provides clerical support to a patient-care unit following departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provides general clerical support to the unit, including 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 sites.
• 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 records in an orderly fashion with documents placed under appropriate chart dividers.
• Performs other related responsibilities as necessary.

Requirements

• 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 Qualifications

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

Schedule

• Part-time, 48 hours per pay period.
• Daily work times: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM.
• On-call: Yes.
• Weekends: Yes.

Location: Lansing, Michigan.