Health Unit Coordinator – Endocrine Center for Excellence and Post-Surgical Care

                    

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Job Title

Health Unit Coordinator – Endocrine Center for Excellence and Post-Surgical Care

                        

Location

Garfield Hts

                    

Facility

Marymount Hospital

                     

Department

2 East/2 South-Marymount Hospital

                      

Job Code

B12012

                     

Shift

Nights

                       

Schedule

7:00pm-7:30am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Serving the needs of Garfield Heights and the Southeast communities of Cuyahoga County, Marymount Hospital is an acute care, faith-based hospital. Here, caregivers are guided by the Christian values of service, compassion, dignity and respect and live by the mission of providing world-class healthcare. As a part of our team, you will build a rewarding, lifelong career in a diverse and welcoming environment.

Marymount Hospital’s 2 East and 2 South are home to our Endocrine Center for Excellence and care for a broad mix of orthopaedic and general surgery patients throughout the pre- and post-operative journey. This highly engaged team earned the Zielony Nursing Institute Team Excellence Award for creating a safe, reliable PACU-to-post-op handoff. Known for an exceptional patient experience and home to many DAISY Award-winning nurses, caregivers work closely with patients to support recovery, mobility, and a return to regular activity, making it rewarding to see progress and pain relief.

As Health Unit Coordinator (HUC), you will offer unparalleled customer service to patients, families and visitors to enhance the Cleveland Clinic experience. Using your administrative and clerical skills, you will ensure an efficient operational flow of the department, allowing your fellow caregivers to continue providing optimal patient care.  

A caregiver in this position works nights from 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. with every other weekend and holiday rotation requirements. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Conduct an in-person greeting, welcome and orientation to the unit for newly admitted and transferred patients. 

• Respond to patient call lights and make rounds.  

• Assist with processing patient admissions, transfers and discharges. 

• Assist patients and families with wayfinding and direct them to available resources. 

• Assemble and maintain patient medical records and other documents related to patient care. 

• Assist with unit clerical functions and in trouble-shooting equipment failures, such as call system, portable phones, WOWs and other unit devices. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma or GED 

• One year of experience in a customer service-related role  

• Experience with typing, computer training or equivalent coursework 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• College degree  

• Microsoft Office experience  

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires frequent data entry, standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Requires normal or corrected speech, hearing and vision.
• Requires some exposure to communicable disease or body fluids.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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