JOB TITLE: Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) Weekend Option Friday, Saturday, Sunday
DEPARTMENT: Nursing
REPORTS TO: RN, LPN, House Supervisor, Unit Nurse Manager
POSITION SUMMARY:
- Is accountable for completing, directing, and coordinating the flow of clerical work within the Nursing Unit during their assigned shift
- Functions under the supervision of an RN
- Ensures appropriate organizational and patient safety practices are in use
- Promotes good public relations through contacts with patients, practitioners, visitors, employees, peers and the public at large
- Maintains confidentiality of patient information.
- Provides oversite for telemetry/cardiac monitored patients.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Transcribes and enters Practitioner Orders and routes requests to appropriate departments/destinations.
- Maintains a high degree of accuracy in transcribing and entering orders.
- Appropriately order clerical-related supplies on a regularly scheduled basis.
- Assists in providing patient care through communicating patient needs to appropriate nursing staff members, communicating with other departments, etc
- Ensures clerical-related tasks are being completed in a safe, competent, appropriate, and timely manner.
- Assists with training and orienting of new departmental staff as directed.
- Assists in maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement programs, and safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- Assists in maintaining departmental reports and records as directed.
- Assists in implementing unit-specific goals and objectives in keeping with overall nursing and organizational goals and objectives.
- Assists in maintaining adequate and effective communication between the nursing unit and ancillary departments for the purpose of problem-solving and improved patient care processes. Utilizes appropriate lines of communication within the nursing department.
- Interacts with others (on the phone or in person) in a positive, professional, and appropriate manner.
- Works cooperatively with others. Has respect for and an understanding of the contributions of all team members.
- Attends required meetings and actively participates on nursing committees.
- Promotes a safe environment that allows for the delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Protects patient confidentiality by promoting appropriate staff communication practices.
- Works shifts as required. Occasionally takes “call”.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
MINIMUM EDUCATION
High School Graduate or GED
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
Zero to six months of healthcare-related secretarial experience
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
One or more years of hospital-based secretarial experience
