Health Unit Coordinator - Philadelphia, United States - Shriners Children's

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    Company Overview:

    Shriners Childrens is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

    Job Overview:

    Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for a PT (16 hours/week, no weekends) Health Unit Coordinator in our Inpatient Unit. The hours are 3pm - 11pm, 2 shifts/week Monday - Friday.

    Responsibilities:

    The Health Unit Coordinator manages the communication center of the inpatient nursing units, communicating courteously, effectively, and efficiently with all customers. Completes clinical information system and patient record responsibilities including admission, discharge, and transfers, patient registration, obtaining and updating insurance information; ensures that records are complete and accurate to allow for patient billing. Ensures nursing staff is aware of patient needs communicated to the HUC through the nurse call system. Notifies appropriate staff during emergency situations, acute admissions, and discharges. Provides assistance as needed to the nursing staff.

    Qualifications:

    Education

    High School Diploma / GED required

    Certification/Licensure

    BLS certification required

    Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) certification preferred

    Experience

    Experience in a healthcare setting and medical terminology strongly desired

    Previous HUC experience preferred

    Shriners Childrens is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace.

    Shriners Childrens values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

    In accordance with local and system policies, all SHC employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to be eligible for hire.