HUC-Emergency Department Part Time

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This position assumes responsibility for the organization of the assigned department. Performs multiple clerical and receptionist duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

1. High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

1. One (1) year of administrative experience.

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Assists in the coordination of patient admissions, transfers and discharges appropriate to the ages of the patients served to provide for a smooth and efficient flow pattern.

2. Organizes and maintains Patient Medical Record according to the Medical Record Policies and Procedures

3. Checks charts of patients scheduled for surgery or other special procedures to verify completeness of orders, consents, lab results, and signatures and makes copies as appropriate.

4. Promptly answers patient call lights and notifies appropriate personnel of response to call light. Initiates a face to face response, when necessary. Communicates in a manner appropriate to the ages of the patients served.

5. Utilizes the computer system independently to verify orders. Reviews new orders on PAL and responds to priorities promptly. Completes consults accurately.

6. Receives and delivers information timely and accurately. Immediately notifies RN of diagnostic results when called to the unit.

7. Reviews HUC audit form for compliance and reports any non-compliance to charge nurse and/or Director.

8. Completes and maintains documentation related to unit activities including but not limited to time and attendance, patient assignment sheets, current census within acceptable standards.

9. Restocks all medicine cupboards, nurse servers, and filing drawers with appropriate supplies/forms on a routine basis.

10. Orders, delivers, transports, receives, and returns supplies from ancillary departments according to departmental standards accurately and timely.

11. Performs efficiently in emergency situations such as code 69 and acute care transfers.

12. Maintains white boards in patient rooms and nurses' station when assigned.

13. Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, turning, and reaching/

2. Ability to lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds.

Working Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Frequent exposure to bloodborne pathogens and latex.

Skills and Abilities:

1. Ability to attend to more than one aspect of a situation simultaneously.

2. Efficiency in processing of verbal information, either in written or spoken form is a major requirement and prerequisite of the job.

3. Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary.

4. Ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Additional Job Description:

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20

Shift: Non-Exempt

Company: UNTWN Uniontown Hospital

Cost Center: 51 UNTWN Nursing Emergency Services

Address: 500 W Berkeley Street Uniontown Pennsylvania

Equal Opportunity Employer:

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.