Health Unit Assistant - Cardiac Observation - Full Time Days - 40 hours/week - Southfield

GENERAL SUMMARY

Location: Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital

Unit: Cardiac Observation

Shift: 6am - 2:30pm / 40 hours per week

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Greets patients, visitors, and new admissions. Answers general inquiries and schedules patients for appointments. Answers, screens, and routes telephone calls.
• Performs general clerical duties including filing, email correspondence, and mail distribution. Creates various reports and documents as assigned. Helps patients/residents with basic technology and social media.
• Communicates with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care.
• Performs unit safety checks. Assists with meeting patient needs and escalates as appropriate.
• May assist with meals, pass and collect trays, pass out activities, and transport patients/residents through facility. May assist with stocking supplies and keeping unit and patient rooms clean and orderly.
• May maintain staff schedules and timekeeping as assigned.