The Riverside University Health System - Medical Center seeks a Medical Unit Clerk to join their Medical Acute Unit (4C) department in Moreno Valley.The Medical Acute Unit (4C) is responsible for providing inpatient health care and services to Medical-Surgical adult patients, with a specialty in chemotherapy and palliative/hospice patients. The Medical Unit Clerk is responsible for performing a variety of clerical duties and will be working within the multidisciplinary team- clinical and non-clinical, ancillary services including external customers such as patients and vendors.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Multi-handling of patient call lights and phones; communicates requests to appropriate staff in a timely manner.
- Tracks admissions, discharges, transfers, and room changes for census purposes; completes proper forms and records for patient admissions, transfers, discharges, examinations, and testing; may assemble, disassemble, update, and thin patient charts.
- Maintains unit files; runs errands and transports supplies, specimens, and other materials as needed.
- Responds to established emergency procedures; assists in ordering stock supplies; and completes inventory of unit equipment.
- Executing standardized clerical functions and assisting with other related tasks as needed.
Under supervision, to perform a variety of clerical duties in a medical treatment area in support of professional and other staff; and to do other work as required.
Work Schedule (80 hours Bi-weekly Pay Period): - 6 Days - 12-hour Shifts- 1 Day - 8-hour Shift
Night Shift: Monday to Sunday, with alternating weekend**Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
Meet the Team! RUHS Website• Transcribes physician's orders from patient chart to the proper forms in preparation for verification by professional staff; answers telephone; takes and delivers telephone messages.
• Provides routine information as requested to staff, patients, visitors, and the public; greets patients and visitors; places calls to doctors, other medical units, and support units as directed.
• Tracks admissions, discharges, transfer, and room changes for census purposes; completes proper forms and records for patient admissions, transfers, discharges, examinations, and testing; may assemble, disassemble, update, and thin patient charts.
• Maintains unit files; runs errands and transports supplies, specimens, and other materials as needed; contacts or receives calls from hospital departments, hospitals, doctor's offices, or medical agencies to coordinate or schedule services for patients.
• Responds to established emergency procedures; assists in ordering stock supplies; may distribute mail, packages, and flowers to patients as necessary.
• May make clinic appointments for patients; may prepare birth certificates and identification bands as necessary; may perform incidental typing duties.
Experience: One year of experience in clerical work preferably in a health care agency . Either or the following may be substituted for the required experience:
Completion of 18 semester or 24 quarter units from a recognized college in secretarial sciences, office practice, business education's, medical assisting, or a closely related field.
OR
Completions of 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences, business education, medical assisting, or a closely related field.
Knowledge of: Modern office practices and procedures including filing and operating standard office equipment.
Ability to: Understand and follow oral and written directions; perform general clerical work and learn quickly the specific operations of a medical treatment unit; establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public and fellow employees; work effectively under stress and in emergency situations.
Other Requirements: - Skill to: Type 45 net words per minute.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
- Medical Terminology knowledge preferred.
- Microsoft Proficient preferred.
- People soft ordering and EPIC system preferred.
For questions regarding this recruitment please contact the recruiter, Diana Salazar Gomez at disgomez@rivco.org
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