Unit Clerk

Overview

How would you describe yourself? Reliable? Personable? Thorough? Someone who is there for others?

You sound like the type of person who might be a great fit as a Unit Clerk with Legacy. As part of a healthcare team, you'll provide clerical services as you reinforce our mission of making life better for others.

Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel is a regional center for the care of infants, children and teens. We offer unrivaled pediatric expertise in a state-of-the-art facility designed exclusively for children. From routine care to the most complex cases, pediatricians and families trust us to provide the most advanced medical and surgical care for kids.

Responsibilities

The Unit Clerk participates with the health care team in delivering quality and customer focused health care to patients. Provides general clerical and receptionist services for a nursing or other work unit.

Answers phones, relays messages to patients and to the appropriate staff, orders supplies and generally assists nursing and medical staff in clerical duties that support patient care. As appropriate to the position's scope of duties, the Unit Clerk is expected to have critical thinking skills, attention to details, time management, problem solving, and customer relations skills in a fast paced environment in order to meet patient needs and contribute to the positive care experience and work environment.

Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience: Six months Unit Clerk experience preferred or equivalent office/clerical experience in a medical setting.

Skills: Solid understanding of medical terminology strongly preferred.

Demonstrated ability to perform detailed work accurately. Solid communication skills required. Ability to effectively communicate with physicians and with other health care professionals.

Excellent teamwork skills required. Must be able to proficiently operate applicable computer systems.

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