Hospital & Health Care, Higher Education, Research

Health Unit Coordinator (HUC), Emergency Room

Salt Lake City, UTOnsiteFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)Posted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

Health Unit Coordinator
Emergency Room
clerical functions
patient care unit
medical staff
unit efficiency
administrative input
Level 1 Trauma Center
clinical office experience
multi-line phone system

Nice to have

Basic Life Support
American Heart Association

Role summary

University of Utah Health is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) for their Emergency Room. This patient-focused role involves performing essential clerical functions for a patient care unit, facilitating communication between medical staff, departments, patients, families, and visitors to maximize unit efficiency. Responsibilities include ordering and stocking supplies, coordinating forms, maintaining records, assisting with new employee orientation, scheduling appointments, and managing admissions, discharges, and transfers. The position requires strong communication, customer service, and multi-line phone system skills, with one year of clinical office experience or equivalency preferred. A Basic Life Support card may be required.

Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position is responsible for performing clerical functions for a patient care unit, facilitating the flow of information between medical staff and departments to maximize unit efficiency. Provides administrative input regarding the internal operations of the department. This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Provides and facilitates communication to hospital staff, physicians, patients, families, and visitors.
Orders, stocks and maintains clerical and patient supplies.
Coordinates with department leadership for maintenance of department forms.
May work with manager/designee to reconcile unit charges.
Maintains and updates unit activity boards and patient records as needed.
Assists in orienting new employees regarding the clerical functions of the unit.
May schedule patient appointments.
Admits, discharges, and transfers function per unit standard.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Demonstrated potential ability to perform the essential functions as outlined above.

Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.

Demonstrated ability to use a multi-line phone system and utilize the hospital paging system.

Demonstrated customer service skills.

Ability to work in a busy environment.

Qualifications

Required

One year of clinical office experience, or equivalency.

Qualifications (Preferred)

Preferred

Basic Life Support Health Care Provider card through American Heart Association or obtain within one month of hire may be required.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

This position involves intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving patients or objects, such as medical equipment, while providing patient care. Workers in this position may be exposed to infectious diseases and may be required to function around prisoner or behavioral health patients.

Physical Requirements

Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Crawling, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Tasting or Smelling, Walking

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