Medical Unit Clerk - L&D Birthing Center (NOC Shift)

ABOUT THE POSITION

The County of Riverside's Department of Riverside University Health System - Medical Center seeks a Medical Unit Clerk to join their L&D Birthing Center team.

Under supervision, the Medical Unit Clerk will be responsible for answering phones, call lights, assisting Charge Nurses in daily duties, computer duties, assisting nurses with phone calls, and running specimens, if needed; as well as, performing a variety of clerical duties in a medical treatment area in support of professional and other staff; and to do other work as required.

This position is located in Moreno Valley.

Incumbents in this class perform a variety of standardized clerical functions in support of doctors, nurses, and other staff in an assigned medical treatment area.

The schedule for this position is a 6/12/8 schedule.

This is a night shift position: 7:00pm - 7:30am; the 8-hour day is Sunday, 7:00pm - 3:30am.

Meet the team! RUHS-MC Website

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
•Transcribes physician's orders from patient chart to the proper forms in preparation for verification by professional staff; answers telephone; takes and delivers telephone messages.
•Provides routine information as requested to staff, patients, visitors, and the public; greets patients and visitors; places calls to doctors, other medical units, and support units as directed.
•Tracks admissions, discharges, transfer, and room changes for census purposes; completes proper forms and records for patient admissions, transfers, discharges, examinations, and testing; may assemble, disassemble, update, and thin patient charts.
•Maintains unit files; runs errands and transports supplies, specimens, and other materials as needed; contacts or receives calls from hospital departments, hospitals, doctor's offices, or medical agencies to coordinate or schedule services for patients.
•Responds to established emergency procedures; assists in ordering stock supplies; may distribute mail, packages, and flowers to patients as necessary.
•May make clinic appointments for patients; may prepare birth certificates and identification bands as necessary; may perform incidental typing duties.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience: One year of experience in clerical work preferably in a health care agency.

Either or the following may be substituted for the required experience:

Completion of 18 semester or 24 quarter units from a recognized college in secretarial sciences, office practice, business education's, medical assisting, or a closely related field;
OR
Completions of 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences, business education, medical assisting, or a closely related field.

Knowledge of:Modern office practices and procedures including filing and operating standard office equipment.
Ability to: Understand and follow oral and written directions; perform general clerical work and learn quickly the specific operations of a medical treatment uni...