Health Unit Coordinator
Required skills
- Medical Terminology
- Typing 20 wpm
Nice to have
- unit clerk experience
- computerized data entry
- keyboarding
- customer service
Role summary
INTEGRIS Health Edmond Jim Thorpe Rehab is seeking a Full-Time, Daytime Health Unit Coordinator for their facility in Edmond, OK. This role is responsible for coordinating patient records, information, supplies, and communication. Key responsibilities include managing patient medical records (both paper and electronic), handling phone calls, providing customer service to patients and visitors, maintaining supply inventory, coordinating patient care activities and transportation, and troubleshooting office equipment. The position requires knowledge of medical terminology, effective English communication, and typing at 20 wpm. Previous unit clerk experience, computerized data entry, and customer service experience are preferred.
Join our team as a Daytime, Full-Time, Health Unit Coordinator, at INTEGRIS Health Edmond Jim Thorpe Rehab, in Edmond, OK.
The Health Unit Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of patient records, patient information supplies, equipment and communication.
This position requires population specific competencies. Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals as appropriate based on the level of patient contact this position requires.
Responsibilities
The Health Unit Coordinator responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Answers the telephone and intercom promptly, relaying information to the appropriate personnel
• Provides information and customer service to patients, family members and visitors
• Assembles and maintains patient medical records from admission to discharge, following prescribed procedures
• Continuously monitors electronic patient medical records, communicates physician orders and test results and scans patient information into the computer system as needed
• Maintains inventory of patient chargeable and non-chargeable supplies for the unit
• Coordinates patient care activities, procedures and transportation with appropriate personnel
• Maintains, operates, troubleshoots and performs quality assurance checks on all office and computer equipment
• May retrieve and transport medications
Qualifications
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• 6 months previous unit clerk experience or the successful completion of a structured unit clerk curriculum preferred
• Experience in computerized data entry and/or keyboarding preferred
• Experience in customer service role preferred
• Typing 20 wpm
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (Verbal/Written)
Get to Know Your Team
- INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system, is seeking a dedicated caregiver to join us in our mission to partner with people to live healthier lives.
- Benefits of being an INTEGRIS Health caregiver include front-loaded PTO, medical benefits through the extensive INTEGRIS Health network, financial assistance for continued education, 24/7 mental health support and more.
- Take the first step toward growing your career by joining us.
