Ward Clerk-H

Record medical and administrative information in accordance with our established charting and documentation policies and procedures • Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.

• Maintain an up-to-date roster of residents for your assigned unit.

• Fill out resident charge slips and submit to the Business Office.

• Answer telephone, page calls, deliver messages to residents, etc., as necessary.

• Maintain a current listing of emergency phone numbers for your assigned unit.

• Maintain and forward daily tardy and absentee reports to the Business Office • Record appropriate resident identification data on designated medical records, wristbands, ID cards, etc., as required.

• Transcribe physicians' orders to care plans, medication cards, treatment plans, etc., as required.

• Report to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse discrepancies found in transcribing physicians' orders, diet orders/changes, charting, etc.

• Review medication cards for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician's order, legibility, etc., as directed.

• Chart nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided as well as the resident's response to the care.

• Forward new diet orders and/or diet changes to the Director of Food Services.

• Notify the resident's next-of-kin when there is a change in the resident's condition as instructed.

• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents.

Assist in arranging for transportation, packing residents' belongings, escorting them to discharge/transfer area, loading, etc., as necessary.

• Complete necessary medical and administrative records upon the resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.

• Forward completed charts of discharged residents to the Medical Records/Health Information Department.

• Attend various committee meetings of the facility (i.e., Infection Control, Policy Advisory, Pharmaceutical, Quality Assurance & Assessment, etc.) as required.

• Assist the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse in developing work assignments, schedules, etc., as required.

• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility.• Inform nursing service personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc.

• Greet newly admitted residents upon admission.

Escort to room as necessary.

• Encourage attending physicians to record and sign progress notes, physicians' orders, etc., on a timely basis and in accordance with current regulations • Inform family members of the death of a resident as instructed.

• Call funeral homes when requested by the family.

• Attend and participate in annual facility in-service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, Infection Control, etc.).

• Participate in appropriate in-service training programs prior to performing tasks that involve p...