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Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Unit Coordinator - Med Surg Unit

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-timeMorristown, VT, USA$20.21 - $25.63 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Post-high-school education is preferred, though experience with scheduling and unit coordinator work may substitute for the educational requirement.
  • Completion of a medical terminology course is required, or the employer is willing to provide training.
  • Computer data-entry experience is required, or the employer is willing to provide training.
  • Working knowledge of the nursing/hospital union contract is required for scheduling duties.

Responsibilities

  • Fill out and submit correct patient forms to the appropriate ancillary department.
  • Handle telephone calls in a customer-friendly manner.
  • Identify forms for the patient chart, maintain the proper order and quantity of forms in the chart, thin the chart correctly, and turn the chart promptly when a patient is discharged.
  • Interact with visitors, coworkers, and other departments in a customer-friendly manner.
  • Maintain information in the identified computer system and maintain the identified patient record while the patient is admitted to the care area.
  • Perform tasks associated with maintaining the patient census.
  • Place calls to schedule ordered treatments and procedures, and sign off orders after transcribing them.
  • Print census reports as needed and enter transfers and discharges accurately and promptly in the computer.
  • Provide directions and help individuals find resources in the patient care area.
  • Transcribe physician orders as indicated.
  • Schedule Med/Surg and SCU nurses, LNAs, and unit coordinators by gathering time-off requests, preparing draft and final schedules for the manager’s approval, posting schedules by their due dates, and coordinating with per diem staff.
  • Meet regularly with unit directors about staffing updates, including FMLAs, FTE changes, new hires, and terminations that affect scheduling.
  • Work proactively with the director to identify staffing problems and help find appropriate solutions.
  • Compile statistical data for the direct-caregiver FTE report and submit it to the state.
  • Create forms as needed by the director and staff.
  • Perform audits and provide feedback to the director.
  • Assist with new-hire orientation to SCU.
  • Answer telephone calls promptly using the standard greeting, identify callers’ needs, take complete and accurate messages, deliver messages to the appropriate person, transfer calls appropriately, and ensure telephone coverage when the Unit Secretary is away.
  • Identify forms and supplies needed in the patient care area, maintain an inventory list, verify available quantities, prepare replacement-supply requisitions, verify received supplies against orders, and restock supply areas.
  • Acknowledge people entering the work area and identify ways to assist them.
  • Alert appropriate staff to patient arrivals, keep the patient board current with arrivals, discharges, and transfers, and enter current activity accurately in the census book.
  • Create patient charts at the appropriate time and transcribe written physician orders accurately and promptly.
  • Establish and maintain floor inventory of identified forms and supplies.
  • Display results successfully, print selected dates or lists correctly, and order floor stock items correctly.
  • Enter and update patient information accurately and promptly; transfer or discharge patients correctly; select patients correctly; enter orders and charges correctly; and cancel orders and credit charges correctly.

About the Company

Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Copley Hospital is a not-for-profit critical access hospital that serves Lamoille County and north central Vermont with inpatient and outpatient medical care, including a 24-hour emergency department and the Copley Birthing Center. Care is delivered by a 75-member medical staff in a small, warm, patient-centered setting with state-of-the-art facilities. What sets Copley apart is its not-for-profit mission to treat all patients regardless of ability to pay, strong focus on patient experience, and recognition such as Hospital of the Year and top national rankings. Its goal is to provide accessible, high-quality medical care to the community while maintaining personalized service and continued patient satisfaction.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Morristown, VT
Founded
1932

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