Unit Clerk

Cedarbrook Senior Care & Rehab is seeking a Part-time Unit Clerk for its Skilled Nursing Facility in Bethlehem (Fountain Hill).

• Part- Time- Schedule 10a-2p Monday-Friday 1,000/hr. year position (not benefit eligible)

This is full performance level clerical work providing support to the Nursing department in a long-term care nursing facility. It requires knowledge and experience in medical terminology, effective communication, organizational abilities, and computer skills.

Typical Examples of Work:

• Obtains and organizes admissions charts and makes initial entries.
• Reviews ongoing charts for completeness and order, reporting errors to supervisor.
• Files forms and reports into charts and other records.
• Sends communications of admissions, discharges, deaths, room changes, and transfers.
• Prepares laboratory slips and delivers specimens.
• Schedules appointments and periodic routine tests for resident.
• Orders and maintains necessary supply levels on floor.
• Performs related work as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of English usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, including medical terminology, as used in nursing facilities.
• Skill in organizing workload, establishing priorities, and completing clerical processing requirements.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with medical, nursing, and administrative staff and residents and their families.
• Ability to operate office equipment including personal computers as required by work assignment.
• Knowledge in a healthcare setting using electronic medical records.

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.
• One to two years of healthcare clerical experience which has included work with medical terminology and computerized systems
• Or any equivalent combination of acceptable training and experience which has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities cited above.
• Long- term care experience preferred.
• PCC experience is highly preferred.