Medical Unit Clerk Almoosa Specialist Hospital

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide personalized coordinated care, support and treatment for patients and families.
• Treat people with dignity, compassion, and respect.
• Involve patients, families and caregivers by providing them with education and resources for offering optimal support to promote recovery.
• Acts as a general receptionist for the unit with a welcoming manner and helpful attitude.
• Performs clerical duties related to generating monthly statistics, policies and procedures.
• Provides clerical support to the department including filing of test results, maintaining stock of forms and charting supplies.
• Processes physician orders as per policy including daily workloads.
• Assists the Staff by periodically checking and subsequently Discharging Patients awaiting Department Clearance.
• Utilizes the communication systems in an efficient and effective manner (telephone, computer, pneumatic tube and mail system etc.)
• Acts as part of the team by ensuring communication is passed on to the appropriate person in a timely manner, maintaining department logs and correspondence files.
• Communicates clearly and effectively with other departments in booking procedures, tracking information and obtaining supplies or equipment for staff and patients.
• Assists the staff with data processing needs.
• Performs duties in a timely manner and one that respects the confidentiality of patient information.
• Assist with the orientation of new staff as it relates to the clerical functions.
• Performs other tasks and duties within the scope of the knowledge, skills, and experience required for the job, as assigned by the immediate supervisor.
• Ensures store are neat and tidy .all consumable bins are properly labeled
• Performs periodic audit in the store
• Utilizing the communication system in efficient and effective

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Graduation from high school
• Preferably fluent in English
• Post High school clerical course, preferable

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Post high school clerical course, preferable with medical terminology or appropriate experience as determined by the Human Resources Department.

SPECIALIZED SKILLS:

• Ability to read and communicate effectively in English.
• Good computer knowledge
• Typing/keyboard at 40 words per minute.
• Work may require lifting or pushing in excess of 30 pounds.
• Work requires walking, running, climbing and bending