Health Unit Coordinator - Operating Room OR
Health Unit Coordinator - Operating Room OR
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At Cleveland Clinic Health System we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience every day.
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Job Title
Health Unit Coordinator Operating Room (OR)
Location
Coral Springs
Facility
CC Florida Coral Springs
Department
Operating Room AccWeston Hospital
Job Code
000929
Shift
Days
Schedule
6:00am2:30pm/6:00am4:30pm
Job Summary
Job Details
Cleveland Clinic Coral Springs brings worldclass surgical care to Coral Springs Parkland and surrounding communities. The threestory 73000squarefoot facility features a Joint Commission accredited ambulatory surgery center and provides access to more than 20 specialties outpatient surgery endoscopy and advanced imaging services.
With a focus on advanced technology and surgical firsts our caregivers can gain valuable experience while delivering worldclass patient care through an intricate nursing care model rooted in evidencebased practice.
A caregiver in this position works Days from 6:00am2:30pm or 6:00am4:30pm.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Provide general secretarial and clerical duties and other duties such as: placing charts in proper order stamping documents including EMS log with date and name of patient gathering and organization of emergency patient data preparing charts collecting data and completing general clerical duties.
Answer call lights and follow up with appropriate staff.
Answer telephone relays messages places calls; interact with patients families visitors staff and other departments in a professional manner.
Transcribe physicians orders accurately and alerts nurses to new orders single orders and stat medications.
Confirm that a Registered Nurse signs all orders.
Receive and relay messages with accuracy from other departments e.g. Lab Xray Admitting etc.
Confirm that lab requisitions for patients are completed and sent to Lab.
Attend and participate in monthly departmental directors meetings.
Assist in the implementation of formal and informal surveys/methodologies.
Contact Patient Concierge or addresses patients/family issues with appropriate department head and acts as a patient advocate to ensure proper patient comfort by alerting nursing staff of patients needs (e.g. pain anxiety etc..
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
High School Diploma or GED
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
One year of clerical duties
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Physical Requirements:
Requires frequent walking from department to department; requires sitting at a workstation or desk; requires standing; work may include occasional pushing and/or pulling lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 50 lbs. such as files documents and computer printouts.
Work requires finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level.
Mental Demands: Ability to work at a fast pace and prioritize multiple assignments/projects and respond to numerous requests; ability to resolve conflicts among staff and to work collaboratively with department directors physicians and other members of the Healthcare team; ability to ensure operational efficiency; ability to problemsolve and make decisions; ability to exercise selfcontrol and tolerate stress when dealing with multiple requests and/or conflicting demands from multiple customers.
Special Demands: Needs minimal sustained direction in assessing needs directing staff and carrying out departmental and professional responsibilities.
Selfstarting and selfmotivating; working hours may exceed eight 8 hours per day and is based on what is needed to accomplish work at hand.
Personal Protective Equipment:
Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health Systems Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
Decisions concerning employment transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color race religion national origin age sex sexual orientation marital status ancestry status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
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Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
