Children's Hospital Unit Clerk
Core
Performs clerical, receptionist, dispatching, and admitting/discharge duties to support patient care departments in a children's hospital.
Role type
Unit Clerk
Builds
Patient admission, discharge, and transfer workflows
Domain
Healthcare / Hospital Administration
Required skills
Greeting patients, completing admission information, locating and assigning beds, communicating transfer information, scheduling follow-up appointments, arranging transportation, answering telephones, maintaining patient records, preparing identification bands, recording lab results, coordinating interdepartmental communication
Preferred skills
Medical Assistant program graduate, secretarial school graduate
Technologies
EPIC System, Merlin
Responsibilities
Greet and admit patients, complete computerized admission data, assign beds, notify physicians of admissions, coordinate patient transfers, process discharge functions, schedule appointments, arrange patient transport, answer phones and intercoms, maintain accurate patient records, prepare ID bands, record lab results, communicate with other departments
Seniority
Entry-level