Guthrie ยท 1 day ago
Unit Clerk - Acute Care - Part Time
Cortland, NY
Part-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$17.34/hr - $23.96/hrGuthrie is a healthcare provider seeking a Unit Clerk for their Acute Care unit. The role involves assisting nursing staff with various clerical duties, maintaining patient charts, and ensuring effective communication during patient care activities.
Health CareHospitalPersonal Health
Responsibilities
Ability to communicate in various and complex situations
Functions as communication focus during emergency situations and for STAT requests and orders
Acts as focus of communication at nurses station regarding all patient care activities by answering phone, relaying accurate messages to physicians, staff, and inpatients, relaying appropriate patient location information and is able to provide direction regarding the same
Acts in the role of traffic coordinator for daily unit activities during assigned shift
Maintains a courteous and calm manner throughout all communications especially with patients/families and other healthcare providers
Performs other clerical duties as assigned
Receives and distributes mail to department staff and patients
Delivers flowers or other various items to patients
Runs other errands throughout the medical center as assigned by nurse manager, charge nurse or nursing supervisor
Orders department clerical and other supplies through computerized system
Computerized Order Entry/Transcription of Orders
Transcribes written physician orders accurately on to kardex and other applicable forms
Transcribes computerized physician orders to kardex and other applicable forms
Communicates any issue or discrepancies with orders that are identified to the charge nurse
Communicates any urgent or stat needs immediately to the charge nurse
Utilizes downtime procedures accurately and with ease
Maintains Patient Chart/Medical Record
Initiates and assembles charts for all patients on the assigned unit
Maintains the chart in an appropriate, functional and organized order as recommended by the HIM chart order policy
Files diagnostic and lab reports in correct patient record every time
Protects patient health information according to all HIPAA regulations
Monitors the location of chart at all times and prepares chart for HIM upon discharge and within a timely manner
Specialty Unit: (ICU)
Continuously observe patient cardiac monitors, interpreting, notating and notifying nursing staff of lethal irregularities
Interpret every 8 hours at minimum
Qualification
Required
Previous experience in clerical or receptionist position
Ability to communicate in various and complex situations
Functions as communication focus during emergency situations and for STAT requests and orders
Acts as focus of communication at nurses station regarding all patient care activities by answering phone, relaying accurate messages to physicians, staff, and inpatients, relaying appropriate patient location information and is able to provide direction regarding the same
Acts in the role of traffic coordinator for daily unit activities during assigned shift
Maintains a courteous and calm manner throughout all communications especially with patients/families and other healthcare providers
Performs other clerical duties as assigned
Receives and distributes mail to department staff and patients
Delivers flowers or other various items to patients
Runs other errands throughout the medical center as assigned by nurse manager, charge nurse or nursing supervisor
Orders department clerical and other supplies through computerized system
Transcribes written physician orders accurately on to kardex and other applicable forms
Transcribes computerized physician orders to kardex and other applicable forms
Communicates any issue or discrepancies with orders that are identified to the charge nurse
Communicates any urgent or stat needs immediately to the charge nurse
Utilizes downtime procedures accurately and with ease
Initiates and assembles charts for all patients on the assigned unit
Maintains the chart in an appropriate, functional and organized order as recommended by the HIM chart order policy
Files diagnostic and lab reports in correct patient record every time
Protects patient health information according to all HIPAA regulations
Monitors the location of chart at all times and prepares chart for HIM upon discharge and within a timely manner
Preferred
Hospital experience or satisfactory completion of medical secretary training program
CPR certification recommended
Successful completion of arrhythmia interpretation class within 90 days of hire
Company
Guthrie
Health care
Founded in 1910
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Fidelis Care
2025-05-14Grant
Leadership Team
Edmund Sabanegh
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Guthrie Clinic
Brad Carvellas
SVP, Chief Digital Officer
Recent News
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