Health Unit Coordinator HUC

Community Medical Center

Monitor Tech/Health Unit Coordinator (HUC)

Job Type: FT

Schedule: Days

Your experience matters

Community Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Health Unit Coordinator joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Position Summary 

 A Health Unit Coordinator is an administrative professional responsible for managing the flow of information and clerical tasks within a busy department, ensuring efficient operations and effective communication among the medical team, patients, and families. Key responsibilities include coordinating patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, maintaining and organizing medical records and electronic health records (EHRs), managing unit supplies and equipment, and serving as a central point of communication by answering phones, relaying messages, and scheduling diagnostic tests. This role requires strong organizational, multitasking, critical-thinking, and customer service skills, along with familiarity with medical terminology. 

Key Responsibilities

Patient Flow & Record Keeping:

• Communication Hub:
• Unit Management:
• Support for Staff:
  • Provide clerical and administrative support to nurses and other medical professionals.
  • Ensure unit operations run smoothly by managing data and maintaining a clean, orderly work environment. 
  • Manage and reorder medical supplies and equipment for the unit.
  • Schedule diagnostic tests, procedures, and appointments for patients.
  • Assist with preparing insurance forms and other administrative documents. 
  • Answer and screen incoming telephone calls and take messages.
  • Relay physician orders, test results, and patient status updates to appropriate staff.
  • Act as a go-between for the medical staff, patients, and their families, answering administrative questions. 
  • Coordinate and document patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
  • Assemble, organize, and maintain patient medical charts and electronic health records (EHRs).
  • Record and relay information between patients, families, and the medical team. 

What do we offer

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opp