Ward Clerk - Monroe Regional Hospital - Inpatient Surgical Unit - Part Time - Days

Must have the ability to prepare patients records charts arrange treatments and so forth. Under general supervision of department manager performs a variety of general clerical functions for nursing unit including transcribing physicians t orders maintaining patients t records routing charts and records arranging for patient care services (lab tests x-rays etc.) answering telephones answering patient call lights to send appropriate help.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

*All duties listed below are essential unless noted otherwise*

1. Gathers prepares and/or checks file charts records and other documents and performs all other clerical tasks necessary for the admission transfer and discharge of patients in the nursing unit. Notifies appropriate parties such as admitting housekeeping etc. of actions taken. Maintains patient charts attaching and inserting.

2. appropriate forms charges and reports; notes allergies and other pertinent data provided by the physician and nursing staff.

3. Generally acts as the units communications source: answers patient call lights; takes and relays messages to patients physicians nursing staff and other employees; keeps the unit manager charge nurse or supervisor informed of existing or potential problems. Accurately and timely transcribes physicians orders into computer and unit records and files for nursing personnel.

4. Provides a welcoming environment for the unit portraying a positive attitude to patients and families; receives and directs visitors using customer service principles and provides them with routine information regarding the hospital and units policies and procedures.

5. Assists in admitting patients to the nursing unit by helping them to change their clothing and assisting them to the bed; obtains necessary or specialized supplies or equipment needed for the patient. Ambulates or assists with ambulation lifting transferring to and from wheelchair or wheeled bed transports or escorts patients in and around the hospital as needed procedures transfer or discharge. Discharges patients and performs routine cleaning tasks in the nursing unit as necessary.

6. May assist in the following: delivering specimens to the laboratory (practicing standard precautions at all times) delivering and picking up reports moving beds obtaining drugs medicines and supplies as needed.

7. Prepares and maintains a variety of files records logs and schedules as they pertain to the operation of the unit.

8. Regularly checks and maintains stock of supplies needed to operate the assigned unit as directed.

Education:Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.

Skills:Six weeks to three months of on-the-job training is required to learn the units routine policies and procedures.

Years of Experience:N/A

License:N/A

Certification:N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Skills:Prefer previous experience as a unit/ward clerk including computer (order entry) and medical terminology.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Personal Protective Equipment:N/A

Physical Demands:Must have the ability to work under stressful situations remain calm and keep fast pace and maintain accuracy and a consistent level of performance. Physical ability to freely move from one unit/work area to another occasionally lifting binders files etc.; bending or reaching for stored files supplies and the like; assists with patients such as to lifting positioning transporting by wheelchair to a variety of hospital areas (including lobby for discharge) as needed.

The above list of accountabilities is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by the positions; it should not be considered exhaustive.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color national origin ancestry religion sex/gender (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression age physical or mental disability military or protected veteran status citizenship familial or marital status genetics or other status protected by applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace