Unit Desk Clerk

**Job Title:** Unit Desk Clerk (Advanced Acute Care Orthopedic Unit) - Day/Eve Shift

**Location:** Danville, Pennsylvania

**Job Category:** Nursing Support Services, Nursing and Nursing Support

**Schedule:** Rotation

**Work Type:** Full time

**Department:** GMC Orthopaedics Nursing Division

**Benefits of Working at Geisinger:

• Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one
• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents
• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)
• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly
• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year
• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive
• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care; Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance

**Job Description:

The successful candidate will be responsible for performing a wide range of clerical duties in a patient care environment. This includes participating in required patient safety education programs and other activities designed to improve departmental and organizational safety.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Assuring appropriate bed assignment
• Ensuring timely notification of teletracking upon discharge
• Performing clerical duties for admissions, transfers, discharges, and deaths according to standards
• Transcribing and processing orders according to unit standards
• Releasing and confirming ordered tests to appropriate departments
• Coordinating transportation of patients to multiple tests
• Communicating patient related information promptly to the appropriate care team member
• Participating in obtaining and communicating electronic information as pertinent to the nursing unit
• Communicating with food services to ensure appropriate patient diets
• Collaborating with other health care teams in order to facilitate multi-disciplinary patient care
• Obtaining and ordering supplies
• Filing forms and reports according to standards
• Maintaining an organized patient care environment
• Operating, problem solving, and taking corrective measures for clerical equipment
• Assisting with transporting non-controlled medications to and from Pharmacy and within the unit as needed
• Assisting with transporting blood products to and from Blood Bank as needed
• Assisting care team in the collection of necessary data or reports
• Precepting and mentoring new staff in a professional, positive manner

**Position Details:** Schedule: 12 hour day and evening shifts including every other weekend and holiday.

**Education:** High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required)

**Our Purpose & Values:** Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. Our values are: KINDNESS, EXCELLENCE, LEARNING, INNOVATION, and SAFETY.