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Bronson Methodist Hospital

Southwest Michigan health system

Unit Clerk

Part-TimeUpdated on 10/2/2026
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Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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About the job

Requirements
  • A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required for those hired on or after June 1, 2017.
  • One to three months of related experience and/or training is preferred.
  • Previous healthcare experience is preferred.
  • The ability to complete the organization's competency requirements for English, writing, spelling, and reading comprehension is required.
  • The ability to complete hospital, core, and unit-specific orientation is required.
  • Working knowledge of medical terminology is required.
  • The ability to input and retrieve data from the organization's computerized systems is required.
  • Organizational skills to maintain records and orderly filing systems and manage multiple processes simultaneously are required.
  • The ability to communicate effectively with patients, visitors, and all members of the care delivery team is required.
  • The role requires sustained CRT work between 70 and 90 percent of the time, close visual tolerances, and considerable hand-eye coordination.
  • The role requires considerable standing or walking, regular lifting of objects weighing 20 pounds or less, and assisting with heavier tasks such as lifting and moving patients.
  • The role requires assuming minor straining or fatiguing positions and performing some fatiguing physical motions.
  • For the BMH Patient Safety Assistant function, safe patient handling is required; this function is not required in the listed departments.
  • For the BMH Patient Safety Assistant function, the ability to assist with patient turns and transfers to a commode or bathroom is required.
  • For the BMH Patient Safety Assistant function, the ability to use proper body positioning and body mechanics, safe work practices, patient transfer/lifting devices, and personal protective equipment when necessary is required.
Responsibilities
  • Perform clerical and receptionist functions for the unit under unit leadership supervision.
  • Prepare and compile records on the nursing unit; coordinate unit communication systems, including phones, the nurse call system, and hospital information systems; relay information; maintain public relations; and assist with supplies, equipment, and the unit environment.
  • Demonstrate competencies specific to the population served when providing direct patient care.
  • Coordinate information flow throughout the unit or department for all staff.
  • Answer telephone and nurse call system inquiries and provide information or relay messages to patients, visitors, and medical staff.
  • Direct visitors to patients’ rooms or visitor waiting areas.
  • Distribute mail, newspapers, and flowers to patients.
  • Compile patient census, maintain records, and distribute information according to unit or department procedures.
  • Coordinate with the charge nurse to support smooth, efficient, and timely patient flow into, through, and out of the department.
  • Perform clerical duties and process equipment and staff requests related to department needs.
  • Record the patient's name and address and attending physician's name to prepare medical records for new patients.
  • Maintain the file of medical records for patients in the unit.
  • Monitor and requisition supplies designated by nursing staff and organize and store them according to unit or department procedures.
  • Gather, input, and retrieve information in computerized systems.
  • Transport patients and guests within the facility as directed or needed.
  • Stock supplies to facilitate patient care in the assigned unit.
  • Take admission paperwork to the room and facilitate and complete Medicare/important message and other paperwork as directed by the RN.
  • Manage incoming tubes from the tube station and deliver medications or other items to the RN or medication cart.
  • Work with transport staff to monitor elevator bays for beds and carts.
  • Assist in monitoring the Environment of Care.
  • Attend to patient and family needs, including passing water and getting towels, and perform other assigned duties.
  • Maintain unsupervised access to unit medication rooms for stocking and/or retrieving supplies.
  • In OB Mother Baby/Antepartum only, hold and cuddle stable newborn infants under the direction and supervision of the RN.
  • At BMH, when functioning as a Patient Safety Assistant for suicide precautions, observe and report patient activities and behaviors and respond appropriately to support patient safety.
  • At BMH, when functioning as a Patient Safety Assistant, communicate patient status and relevant input to the responsible RN to facilitate care planning.
  • At BMH, when functioning as a Patient Safety Assistant, occasionally accompany patients to diagnostic tests.
  • At BMH, when functioning as a Patient Safety Assistant, maintain a clean and orderly environment.
Desired Qualifications
  • One to three months of related experience and/or training.
  • Previous healthcare experience.

About the company

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Bronson Methodist Hospital

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Bronson Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health system serving southwest Michigan. The system provides hospital, primary, specialty, emergency, outpatient, rehabilitation, and community health services through regional care locations. It serves patients, families, clinicians, referring providers, and communities throughout southwest Michigan. Its operating model centers on coordinated hospitals and practices supported by clinical programs, technology, facilities, supply chain, and administration. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, rehabilitation, technology, facilities, administration, and patient access. Work depends on coordination among clinical, operational, technical, and support teams across its care settings and communities.

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