Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Health Unit Coordinator - Emergency Department

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNew London, NH, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent is required.
One to two years of experience as a unit clerk or secretary in a hospital emergency room or similar setting is required.
CPR certification is required.

Responsibilities

Answer telephone calls, relay messages, make calls, and provide information in accordance with hospital policies.
Communicate information appropriately and professionally to members of the health care team.
Maintain department supplies and order them as appropriate.
Maintain patient charts according to department and medical-records policies.
Make appointments for patients as directed.
Enter physician orders for laboratory tests and X-rays.
Enter physician orders and register patients in the hospital system in a timely and accurate manner.
Maintain the Emergency Department Log legibly and accurately.
Monitor and restock Emergency Room supplies, maintain adequate stock, put away equipment, and notify the nurse when equipment needs to be reordered.
Participate in performance-improvement activities.

Overview

Provide clerical support to the department, as well as facilitate the communication with patients’ families, physicians, and other departments within the hospital, in accordance with hospital and department policy and procedure.

Responsibilities

Clerical Support

Answers telephone, relays messages, makes calls and provides information as determined by NLH policies.
Communicates information appropriately and professionally to all members of the health care team.
Maintains necessary supplies for the department, ordering as appropriate.
Maintains patient charts as required by the department and the medical records policies.
Makes appointments for patients as directed.
Completes order entry of physician labs and x-rays.
Enters physician orders, and register patients into the NLH system, in a timely and accurate manner.
Maintains the Emergency Department Log, legibly and accurately.
Monitors stock and restocks Emergency Room supplies as needed, maintaining adequate stock at all times. Assists with putting away equipment, and informs the nurse when the department is running low on equipment that needs to be reordered.
Actively participates in performance improvement activities.

Qualifications

High school graduate or equivalent.
1-2 years of experience as a unit clerk/secretary in a hospital emergency room, or similar setting.

Required Licensure/Certifications

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: • CPR Certification

About the Company

Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Dartmouth Health runs New Hampshire’s largest private employer and a regional academic health system serving northern New England, with DHMC and a wide network of hospitals and clinics. It provides care through more than 2,000 providers across nearly every specialty, including the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth Health Children’s. It blends clinical care with education and research by training about 400 residents and fellows each year with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, and by conducting clinical trials with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center. Its goal is to deliver exceptional, personal care while advancing medicine and meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lebanon, NH
Founded: Not listed

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