Unit Clerk Job Description
Unit clerk
provides a permanent record of patient care by applying knowledge of medical terminology and English language rules, editing all discrepancies and inconsistencies to meet priority and quality standards.
Unit Clerk Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective unit clerk job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included unit clerk job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Performs routine clerical duties such as filing, photocopying, ordering/stocking unit supplies on line payroll, staffing and scheduling, as required to maintain department operations
Operating the Emergency Dept
Prepare charts of new admissions with face sheets, labels, armbands, other chart documents
Update MS4 computer system and bed board information
Maintains unit operations by following policies and procedures
Answers phone professionally, and communicates messages to the appropriate clinical person
Prepares and keeps current volume data and submits reports
Maintains unit supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level
Institutes emergency measures for sudden adverse department developments such as code red, blue, amber, silver, gray and green
Graduate from High School
Unit Clerk Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Unit Clerk
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPR, CNA, ED, CPI, BCLS
Education for Unit Clerk
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the unit clerk job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Collage Degree in English, Medical Terminology, Business School, Nursing, Education, Business, Supervision, Health, General Education, Nursing Program
Skills for Unit Clerk
Desired skills for unit clerk include:
Medical terminology
Basic computer skills
Keyboard/computer
Unit specific age criteria for patient population
Operation of copy machines
Basic medical terminology and Electronic Health Record
Aspects of medical terminology and accurately transcribes physician’s orders
Excel
Filing
Forms completion
Desired experience for unit clerk includes:
Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of the company, which include a medical and physical examination
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet
Direct visitors to resident rooms, office areas, , as necessary
Gather and exchange information and meet needs of patients, visitors, and various health system employees in a courteous manner
Ability to interact in a professional manner in both individual and group settings
Ability to work with a team of inmates and have the ability to implement team strategy approaches to work assignments
Unit Clerk Examples
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Unit Clerk Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an unit clerk. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for unit clerk
- Two years’ perioperative services experience (Preferred)
- One year as a hospital Unit Clerk (Preferred)
- Intranet and current hospital EMR knowledge (Preferred)
- Obtain various patient reports as requested from computer (e.g., dietary list, laboratory orders)
- Maintains unit/department logs and statistics
- Appropriately utilize resources related to clerical/patient care duties
- Order, stocks and organizes adequate and appropriate supplies in the critical care areas
- Maintain database for admission and discharge information
- Prepares chflrt for patients scheduled for surgery at least five (5) days in advance
- Tracks additions and deletions from OR schedules and adds or removes charts, as necessary
Qualifications for unit clerk
- Minimum of one (1) year Unit Clerk, Medical Secretary or hospital registration experience required
- Electronic medical record experience required
- Minimum of one-year previous clerical experience necessary
- Must be able to communicate effectively, in English, with all levels of staff
- Knowledge of Cerner and Eagle is a plus
- Ability to understand verbal and written instruction and communicate clearly and effectively with hospital staff in face-to-face encounters and by telephone
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for an unit clerk. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for unit clerk
- Obtains pre-op test results and files in chart
- Enters orders for PAT patients and delivers specimens to laboratory
- Performs additional duties, as assigned, by Department Manager or Charge Nurse
- Retrieves clinical results from computer and brings them to the attention of appropriate staff
- Ensures that any documentation meets standards and policies
- Answers phone and call lights in a polite and efficient manner and communicates necessary information to staff/family
- Correctly places calls and pages to providers as requested
- Notifies biomed of any equipment issues or failures
- Checks and maintains logs such as equipment temperatures as requested
- Coordinates area communications to ensure that a safe and therapeutic environment is provided for specific age groups served to include infant, child adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
Qualifications for unit clerk
- Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, support agencies, and outside agencies
- Minimum 1 year patient care experience preferred
- Work alone
- Work in areas that are confined and/or crowded
- Concentration to detail
- Memory for detail
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for an unit clerk. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for unit clerk
- Respects diversity of each individual’s values, culture, spiritual beliefs and other socio-economic issues in addressing needs of patients, visitors, and coworkers
- Demonstrates critical thinking skills in planning and decision making
- Safeguards patient confidentiality at all times
- Transcribes physicians’ orders as appropriate for assigned unit with review by a licensed nurse
- Places calls to physicians as requested by authorized personnel
- Ability to utilize computerized patient care management system
- Obtain medications from the pneumatic tube system when nursing is not immediately available
- Processes orders in an accurate and timely manner
- Answers the telephone and call lights appropriately and provides information or relays messages to patients and staff
- Processes patient charges and orders supplies as needed
Qualifications for unit clerk
- One year health care clerical/registration experience
- Previous secretarial skills or healthcare experience preferred
- Ability to complete data entry on clinical documentation screens
- Ability to use email, and internet
- Ability to successfully complete on the job training for computer programs
- Additional physical requirements of position may be discussed during interview
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Unit Clerk Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for an unit clerk. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for unit clerk
- Receive and assist patients as needed
- Type medical documents
- Maintain detailed patient and medical records
- Manage office communications
- Schedule medical appointments
- Work with insurance companies to process claims
- Process invoices, bills and payments
- Ensure confidentiality of sensitive information
- Prepares chflrt for patients scheduled for surgery
- Data entry and maintains department statists
Qualifications for unit clerk
- A minimum of six (6) months recent acute care experience as a unit clerk preferred
- Data Entry and Keyboarding skills preferred
- Previous experience as an inpatient clerk in a medical setting desired
- 1 year previous clerical experience as a Unit Secretary in a hospital or Nursing Home setting is preferred
- Prefer additonal training in computer skills and customer service principles
- Clear, concise documentation
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Unit Clerk Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of unit clerk. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for unit clerk
- Enters orders for patients and delivers specimens to laboratory
- Performs additional duties, as assigned, by Department Manager
- Greets patients and visitors
- Assists with keeping unit(s)
- Provide administrative support to the Transitional Care Unit
- Be responsible for answering phones in a professional manner, greeting visitors, keeping patient records current and organized
- Greet patient and visitors at check in as all visitors must be processed through Fast Pass
- Pre-register patients, insurance verification, maintain the encounter log, and make charts upon admission
- Ensure the desk is attended at all times
- Answer phones and call lights to assist with patients
Qualifications for unit clerk
- Experience in the field or in a related area, preferred
- Knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in routine and special treatments to inpatients
- Must be currently registered as a Medical Assistant, C.N.A., L.P.N or EMT with license or certification in good standing
- High School Diploma/GED and some college
- Clerical experience in an in-patient psychiatric healthcare environment preferred
- Must be organized, detail oriented and the ability to handle confidential information