Medical Unit Clerk
Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide personalized coordinated care, support and treatment for patients and families.
- Treat people with dignity, compassion, and respect.
- Involve patients, families and caregivers by providing them with education and resources for offering optimal support to promote recovery.
- Acts as a general receptionist for the unit with a welcoming manner and helpful attitude.
- Performs clerical duties related to generating monthly statistics, policies and procedures.
- Provides clerical support to the department including filing of test results, maintaining stock of forms and charting supplies.
- Processes physician orders as per policy including daily workloads.
- Assists the Staff by periodically checking and subsequently Discharging Patients awaiting Department Clearance.
- Utilizes the communication systems in an efficient and effective manner (telephone, computer, pneumatic tube and mail system etc.)
- Acts as part of the team by ensuring communication is passed on to the appropriate person in a timely manner, maintaining department logs and correspondence files.
- Communicates clearly and effectively with other departments in booking procedures, tracking information and obtaining supplies or equipment for staff and patients.
- Assists the staff with data processing needs.
- Performs duties in a timely manner and one that respects the confidentiality of patient information.
- Assist with the orientation of new staff as it relates to the clerical functions.
- Performs other tasks and duties within the scope of the knowledge, skills, and experience required for the job, as assigned by the immediate supervisor.
- Ensures store are neat and tidy .all consumable bins are properly labeled
- Performs periodic audit in the store
- Utilizing the communication system in efficient and effective
QUALIFICATIONS :
- Graduation from high school
- Preferably fluent in English
- Post High school clerical course, preferable
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Post high school clerical course, preferable with medical terminology or appropriate experience as determined by the Human Resources Department.
SPECIALIZED SKILLS:
- Ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
- Good computer knowledge
- Typing/keyboard at 40 words per minute.
- Work may require lifting or pushing in excess of 30 pounds.
- Work requires walking, running, climbing and bending
Job Details
Employment Types:
Full time
Industry:
Banking / Accounting / Financial Services
Function:
Manufacturing / Engineering / R&D