Description

Job Summary:
The Emergency Care Assistant assists in the delivery of patient care and provides related support functions through the performance of a variety of tasks. Basic Function: Under direct supervision performs a variety of clerical functions for Nursing Care Unit; provides reception for designated area; arranges for patient examination/testing as directed. Manually and using KPDS provides patient registration, order entry and discharge/transfer of emergency department registered patients. Supervision Received And Exercised: Works under the general direction of the Department Administrator of Emergency Medicine or Shift Supervisor.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Completes patient records activities, breaks down chart and distributes copies appropriately.
• Checks charts for completeness; assembles charts, collating all required forms and diagnostic reports in legible manner.
• Initiates or updates and verifies various hospital reports such as on-call schedule for physicians.
• Provides telephone reception for Nursing Care Unit; gives information regarding patients condition following established directives.
• Sorts, distributes, files patient chats to appropriate areas and individuals.
• Supplements courier service by delivering requests, specimens, etc., to other hospital departments as necessary.
• Notifies departments appropriate for task (admission, repairs, dietary, orders, etc.) and completes requisition when appropriate.
• Maintains appropriate supply of patient care forms and clerical/reception supplies.
• Reviews Nursing master on KPDS to update and discharge patients each shift to ensure department Emergency Log is complete and accurate.
• Demonstrates awareness of current laws governing health care delivery and follows established protocols.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Registers patients presenting by ambulance, orders medical record and places ID band on patient.
• Empties pneumatic tube of incoming transactions and distributes appropriately.
• Sorts and distributes daily mail timely.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• One (1) year related experience in an acute care hospital setting as ward/department clerk or surgery scheduling clerk.

Education

• No Information Available at this time.

License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

Additional Requirements:

• Medical terminology test. All testing must be completed by the end of the posting period.

Preferred Qualifications:

• No Information Available at this time.
• No Information Available at this time.

Notes:

• Schedule to include all shifts, rotating weekends, holidays, and floating within the established seniority section.
  

Primary Location: California,Riverside,Riverside Medical Center/Medical Offices 1
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20
Shift: Variable
Workdays: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Working Hours Start: 12:01 AM
Working Hours End: 11:59 PM
Job Schedule: Call-in/On-Call
Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B05|USW|Local 7600
Job Level: Entry Level
Department: Riverside Med Center - Emergency-Night - 0806
Pay Range: $26.3 - $29.01 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. Travel: No On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status. For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.

Requisition #: 1429514

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