Maimonides Health Clerk
Under the general supervision of the Unit Manager, provides clerical support in the patient care areas.
11:15pm 7:15pm
Part Time - 15 Hours/Week
Monday Friday
Alternate weekends
Responsibilities
- Verifies demographic and patient insurance information upon admission and updates this information during hospital stay as necessary; notifies appropriate personnel of discrepancies or problems.
- Assembles, analyzes and maintains medical record through admission, transfer and discharge, ensuring that all relevant paperwork (e.g., test results) is filed accurately in a timely manner.
- Communicates information to staff, patients and families.
- Performs receptionist duties for the patient unit.
- Performs information management functions, including entering patient data into computer and transmitting reports, utilizing computer systems effectively as they pertain to job responsibilities and in accordance with hospital policy.
- Maintains inventory of unit supplies and equipment, reordering as necessary to maintain par levels.
- Schedules patient appointments as directed and prepares necessary requests for patient procedures/tests and makes discharge and transfer arrangements for patients (e.g., appointments, special diets) as directed and in a timely fashion.
- Communicates via phone and fax pertinent information relating to patients continuum of care (e.g., scheduling tests and obtaining results, scheduling outpatient appointments in Ambulatory Health Services, arranging for patient transportation).
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- Answers telephone courteously and pleasantly; screens and/or routes calls effectively; takes accurate messages and repeats key information to verify accuracy.
- Answers routine questions from patients and visitors on hospital policy accurately and courteously.
- Assembles patient charts in a timely manner, checking that all required forms are present and replenishing forms as needed.
- Makes clerical entries on patients' clinical records (e.g., enters TPR data onto graph in patient's chart); entries are accurate and completed in a timely manner.
- Transcribes lab work from doctor's order sheet onto laboratory test requisition forms; checks with supervisor/physician when information unclear.
- Maintains accurate identification of all patients (e.g., prepares and attaches ID bracelets, verifies name against chart and ID band)).
- Receives ordered items and checks against requisition, following up on discrepancies; stores items in designated areas promptly.
- Sorts mail on a schedule acceptable to department, routing as necessary.
Qualifications
Basic Competencies
Education: High school graduation or equivalent required.
Experience: 1 year of administrative or financial experience in a health care environment preferred.
Skills: Typing: 25 wpm (tested) Basic familiarity with medical terminology. Good oral and written communication skills. Good interpersonal skills. Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.
Job Setting/Physical Demands
Patient care units; contact with patients, visitors, staff. Mainly sedentary with occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Mobility required. Protective clothing may be required: gloves.
Pay Range USD $24.08 - USD $24.62 /Hr.
Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.