Clerk | 36 hours per week | Medical Surgical Unit

Minimum Hiring Wage:

From $17.17 per hour

Job Details:

Scheduled Hours: 6:00pm - 6:30am, every other weekend

A Brief Overview

Performs reception and a variety of clerical functions and tasks utilizing specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital procedures related to department specific needs. Provides basic patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse as required. Provides high quality care to the following patient populations: Adult, Medical/Surgical, Geriatric, and Telemetry.

What you will do

• Greet visitors and callers to ascertain purpose of visit or call, and direct them to appropriate staff.
• Facilitate admissions, discharges and transfers in collaboration with other staff.
• Operate office equipment such as: nurse call, fax, scanners, photocopier, computer system, telephone system, and telemetry.
• Perform various clerical and administrative functions, such as ordering and maintaining an inventory of supplies.
• Perform quality checks on equipment.
• Transport specimens and blood products.
• Adhere to safety practices for own personal protection, i.e. gloves for blood product pickup.
• Flexibility in unit assignment as directed by patient care needs.
• Demonstrate accurate keyboarding proficiency and computer navigation skills.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required
• Completion of C.N.A course if currently in high school. Required
• Medical Terminology course or within one year of hire Preferred
• 1-3 years computer classes/experience Preferred
• 1-3 years previous experience in the medical field Preferred
• Prefer computer classes/experience
• Prefer previous experience in the medical field
• Prefer Medical Terminology course
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Ability to complete work functions with minimal errors and/or re-work.
• Ability to organize tasks in order of importance.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at same time.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Certified Nursing Assistant Preferred

MCU - Will not take telemetry patients, CNA course completion is required for MCU. May be required to go into airborne isolation (wear N95 or air mate).

Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:

• Competitive base pay

• Matching retirement programs

• Health, Dental and Vision plans

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans

• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Discounted cafeteria meals

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Service Recognition program  

• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Acciden