NURSING UNIT CLERK

Job summary

Perform clerical duties supporting the operation of a nursing care area, including transcribing and processing physicians’ orders, coordinating appointments and tests, and communicating with other departments and hospitals. Receive and direct visitors, answer telephones, maintain patient charts, and complete keyboarding and data entry.

Job details

Northern Health is looking for an experienced, highly efficient, and self-directed Nursing Unit Clerk to support the Nursing department. In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, and under the general supervision of Manager or designate, the Nursing Unit Assistant performs a variety of clerical duties related to the operation of a care area. These duties include acting as a communication link for the Unit by transcribing and processing physicians’ orders, communicating with other departments and hospitals, coordinating appointments, arranging tests and receiving results, receiving and directing visitors, answering telephones, assembling and maintaining charts, and performing keyboarding and data entry responsibilities.

What you’ll do

Perform clerical duties supporting the operation of a nursing care area, including transcribing and processing physicians’ orders, coordinating appointments and tests, and communicating with other departments and hospitals. Receive and direct visitors, answer telephones, maintain patient charts, and complete keyboarding and data entry.

Requirements

The posting seeks an experienced, highly efficient, and self-directed Nursing Unit Clerk. No specific education, certification, or years-of-experience requirement is stated.

Listed skills

• self-direction · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Data entry · Preferred
• efficiency · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Clerical Duties
• Transcribing Physicians’ Orders
• Order Processing
• Interdepartmental Communication
• Appointment Coordination
• Test Coordination
• Receiving Test Results
• Visitor Reception
• Telephone Handling
• Chart Assembly and Maintenance
• Keyboarding
• Data Entry
• Communication
• Efficiency
• Self-Direction

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Administrative

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