Health Unit Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

Job Description

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for a Part-time Health Unit Coordinator (Ward Clerk) to assist with weekday and weekend Inpatient Unit needs as well as intake of new patients.  Key Responsibilities: The Health Unit Coordinator I assists the inpatient nursing staff by performing clerical duties and other related work, which includes but not limited to answering the telephone, maintaining supplies, copying and filing documents, scheduling appointments, performing errands and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years experience as a health unit coordinator in an acute care setting preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology. Completion of a medical terminology course is desirable. Strong computer skills. Strong verbal and writing skills.
• Requires attention to detail and concentration associated with computer data entry, alertness and concentration in answering telephones and relaying messages, calculating for compiling monthly statistics of consultations and lab work, initiative to anticipate needs of unit's admission packs, etc.

The pay range for this position is $19.97 - $29.95. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.