Unit Clerk

Company: Compass Health Network
Location: Windsor
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

POSITION PURPOSE Assist the nurses in nursing task. Assist with staffing, filing, scheduling appointments, transcribing orders, collecting data, and other clerical duties. Answers the unit telephone, assembles and maintains patient charts from admission to discharge, receives and records telephoned laboratory and diagnostic results and notifies appropriate nursing staff of the results. Verifies and follows-up on physician orders, processes patient orders, completes requests for examinations and other ancillary services i.e. x-rays, laboratory tests and transportation, orders unit supplies and assist Nurse Managers with duties as assigned. Responsibilities of the Unit Clerk: - --- Requires effective verbal, written and nonverbal communication skills--- Organization and time management skills--- Possess cognitive, organizational and emotional ability and maturity to deal effectively with multiple stressors, deadlines and difficult situations--- Possesses skills to work independently--- Requires typing, sitting and occasional bending and lifting--- Participates in mandatory overtime--- Participates in the hospital's Continuous Quality Improvement Program--- Serves as a member of assigned committees--- Requires physical strength, agility and endurance for heavy lifting, moving patients and equipment--- Requires bending, lifting and transporting patients--- Requires working with aggressive patients; participates in physical intervention techniquesJob Requirements:EDUCATION High School/GED required WORK EXPERIENCE --- Medical terminology education or secretarial skills preferred--- Computer experience preferred Compass Health Network is a nonprofit health care organization offering accessible, comprehensive, & compassionate behavioral health, substance use treatment, family medicine and dental services throughout Missouri. Our network of care includes Royal Oaks Hospital and Adapt of Missouri. - We are both a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC). - -Operating only from the highest ethical and professional standards, we provide access to innovative care designed to meet the health needs of the communities we serve. - Our mission is "Inspire Hope. - Promote Wellness." - Why join us? We believe some of the most passionate people in the world work here. - Our dedicated and talented staff are our most valuable asset. - We strive to provide a work environment and services that are inclusive for our patients and our employees. At Compass Health Network, these are just a few of the benefits that we offer as an organization:

• Advancement opportunities
• Professional development
• Licensure supervision
• Mentor opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarship program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Headspace Access
• Paid time off & Paid Holidays
• NHSC Loan Repayment Participant We welcome inquiries from qualified individuals who want to be part of a team of hardworking, dedicated and compassionate employees whose work helps us aspire to our vision of full, healthy, productive lives for everyone. We look forward to meeting you! Compass Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and an E-Verify participant.

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