OBS unit clerk nightshift casual
Core
Performs clerical, receptionist, dispatching, and admitting/discharge duties to support patient care departments in a hospital.
Role type
Unit clerk (night shift)
Builds
Patient admission records, bed assignments, discharge summaries, and patient transportation coordination.
Domain
Healthcare / Hospital Operations
Required skills
Computer data entry, telephone communication, patient record management, bed assignment, interdepartmental coordination, scheduling appointments, faxing documents, preparing patient identification bands, alerting staff of abnormal lab results.
Preferred skills
Medical Assistant program graduate, secretarial school graduate.
Technologies
EPIC System, Merlin system, fax machines, telephone systems.
Responsibilities
Greet and admit patients, locate and assign beds, complete transfer functions in computer, coordinate patient transportation, schedule follow-up appointments, maintain patient records, answer telephone and intercom, enter physician orders, generate admission records, record lab results, prepare patient identification bands, alert RN of abnormal results, maintain office supplies, compile statistical data.
Seniority
Entry-level, non-exempt