The Riverside University Health System is currently recruiting for a Medical Unit Clerk to join the Rehabilitation Department at the Medical Center in Moreno Valley, California.

Under supervision, the Medical Unit Clerk will perform a variety of clerical and administrative support duties, including:

• Providing front desk reception and customer service
• Answering phones and assisting with inquiries
• Checking in patients
• Assisting the public and outside providers with scheduling services
• Verifying referral authorizations

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8: 00 a.m. - 4: 30 p.m.
Location: Main hospital campus, Moreno Valley
Requirements:

• Bilingual in Spanish (strongly preferred)
• Prior experience in a rehabilitation or medical clinic setting with reception or customer service duties (preferred)

Meet the team!
Riverside University Health System-Medical Center consistently receives national recognition for its progressive and innovative care, as well as being known as one of the top employers in the region. The 439-bed Medical Center is a designated Stroke Center, Level II Trauma Center, and the only Pediatric ICU in the region. Can you see yourself here? For more information on RUHS-Medical Center, please visit www.ruhealth.org•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 acute care setting. 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.What's Next?
This recruitment is open to the public.
Please be advised that the posting may close at any time, depending on the volume of applications received.

Priority for interviews may be given to current employees of the County of Riverside and Riverside University Health System, based on the number of qualified applicants.

For more information, please contact:
Angela Levinson, Recruiter alevinson@rivco.org | 951-955-5562