Patient Care Unit Clerk Job Description

Patient Care Unit Clerk Job DescriptionPatient Care Unit Clerk Job DescriptionPatient Care Unit Clerk Job DescriptionThis patient care unit clerk sample job description can assist in your creating a job application that will attract job candidates who are qualified for the job. Feel free to revise this job description to meet your specific job duties and job requirements.Patient Care Unit Clerk Job ResponsibilitiesSupports patient care delivery by providing clerical services.Patient Care Unit Clerk Job DutiesHelps patients by responding to intercom requests obtaining needed services from nurses, licensed practical nurses, physicians, aides, and other hospital personnel.Welcomes visitors by greeting visitors, in person or on the telephone answering inquiries relaying calls to patients giving directions referring inquiries to nursing and physician staff.Provides information by answering questions and requests.Establishes patient record by preparing folder assigning patient number compl eting patient identification information.Documents patient care services by copying nursing and physician notes to patient and department records.Arranges discharges by notifying business office and patient transporter service.Maintains unit operations by following policies and procedures reporting needed changes.Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.Maintains unit supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level anticipating needed supplies placing and expediting orders for supplies verifying receipt of supplies.Keeps unit equipment operational by following manufacturers instructions and established procedures calling for repairs.Conserves unit resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.Secures patient information by completing data base backups.Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.Maintains continuity among work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.Patient Care Unit Clerk Skills and QualificationsTime Management, Organization, Attention to Detail, Quality Focus, Professionalism, Productivity, Patient Services, Medical Teamwork, Telephone Skills, Customer Focus, Supply ManagementEmployers Post a job in minutes to reach candidates everywhere. Job Seekers Search Patient Care Unit Clerk Jobs and apply on now. Learn more abouthow to hireYour Hiring Goal Be the Dumbest One in the RoomMake the most of Hiring ToolsBenchmarking 101 How to Pay New Hires

How to Avoid Pinball Syndrome

How to Avoid Pinball Syndrome How to Avoid Pinball Syndrome Do you ever reach the end of the day and feel as though elendhing of real value has been accomplished? When you dont avoid Pinball Syndrome, you may find yourself struggling with the following- You dont realize where you have ended up until its too late.- You are so busy fighting fires, you spend no time preventing them.- You never beat the pinball game, and often end up feeling like the ball itself instead of a player.Diagnosing Pinball SyndromeWhen was the last time you played a pinball game bedrngnis on an app, but on one of the masterfully crafted machines of the 70s? For those born post-pinball era, heres how it works The player uses flippers to launch a metal ball toward numerous physical targets to accumulate points. Lights flash, bells ding, and bumpers thump as the points rack up, making it easy to focus on the game and lose track of everything else. Eventually, the ball slips past the frantically swinging flippe rs and drops out of sight. But theres always a new ball ready to ratchet into place just pull the plunger and send the ball on its way again.Scoring points in a pinball game is a lot like tackling the urgencies that demand your attention every day phone calls, texts, emails, meetings, etc. You may not feel like your urgent tasks are a game, but you might feel attracted to the rapid pace and focus required to get them done. Add a small endorphin rush as you check off your to-dos, and urgencies start to feel like scoring big in pinball downright gratifying, even addictive at times. If youve ever reached the end of your day and felt like nothing of real value was accomplished, you might be suffering from what I call Pinball Syndrome.Because urgencies act on you and vie for your immediate attention, with Pinball Syndrome, you start to confuse whats urgent with whats truly important. You end up frittering away your time on exciting, but less important things or worse, on distractions t hat guarantee you the next high. You are so busy fighting fires, you forget to prevent them in the first place.While some urgencies are also important, its vital to recognize that many important things are not urgent. They require you to act on them long-term goals, important projects, and key relationships. Since urgent behaviors are easy to recognize and address, organizations often reward them. This can provide a powerful incentive to pull the plunger back, so to speak, and play round after round of trivialities.When I say avoid the Pinball Syndrome, Im not advocating you step away from the urgency game altogether. Rather, Im suggesting that you differentiate between when you must play it and when you choose to play it. When you get a small respite between your urgencies before the score resets and the next ball ratchets into place what you do in that moment is what matters. Do you reach for the plunger in autopilot mode, or choose to step back and reflect on what is truly impo rtant?To Avoid Pinball Syndrome, Try ThisAt the end of the week, print out last weeks calendar and task list. If you dont manage those things electronically, keep a log for one week and record the activities you participate in, preferably on an hourly basis.Circle any activity you define as urgent (things requiring your immediate attention). Underline any activity you define as important (things that contribute to long-term goals, high priorities, or relationship-building). If you find that every activity including the urgent ones is important, prioritize them.Determine thepercentage of your time you dedicate to the urgent and the percentage of your time you dedicate to the important.Make sure the majority of your time isnt spent on urgencies alone. Decide which one or two urgent activities you can let go of or postpone next week, then block out time on next weeks calendar for one or two important things to put in their place. If we thoughtfully identify and schedule the most import ant things first the priorities that require us to act on them rather than react to them the urgent, less important things will fall by the wayside. Because they are less important, we wont get derailed if they dont get done right away.Todd Davis is chief people officer at FranklinCovey and author of Get Better 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work.

In Praise of Thinkers (Not Doers)

In Praise of Thinkers (Not Doers) In Praise of Thinkers (Not Doers) It, more than any other viral picture in recent memory, bothers me to no end.The katechese of this little cartoon is clearthe thinker is a lazy intellectualwho sits around all day the doer why, hes outdoingthings, accomplishing goals, changing the world, selling his startup for gobs of money, dating supermodels, etc., etc.Be the doer, not the thinker.The doer embodies what The New Statesman calls the modern cult of spontaneity,thepervasive school of thought that fetishizes fast action, instinct, and reflex and shunsthose who take the time to think things through. The cult of spontaneity takes some of its cues from the anti-intellectual movements which have long plagued the American population(Isaac Asimov once said, The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as goo d as your knowledge). The cultis also obsessed withauthenticity, a vaguely defined buzzword that gets thrown around in everyday life as often as big data and disrupt get thrown around by well-meaning tech companies. Per Steven Pooles aforementioned article in the New Statesman we have a ordnungsprinzip 1 brain that delivers snap, intuitive judgements through unconscious processing, and a System 2 brain that does the slow, cold reasoning.Now, which of those brains is the spontaneous one? Why, System 1, of course, the blinking, unthinking brain, the site of hot cognition. The weirdly anti-rational weather of our age, indeed, insists that this intuitive System 1 is who we really are. Because our rationality can be infected with errors by System 1 biases, or so this story goes, we should give up all hope of being reliably rational.Doers Are Just OlderChildrenWeve established why this cartoon is so virally successful it oversimplifies the world (youre either a thinker or a doer) it carri es an easily digestedmessage(be the doer, not the thinker) it taps into the zeitgeist (spontaneous actiongood Thinking bad) and its supposed to be funny (I think?).Now, lets establish why this drawingbothers me so much. Its not the oversimplification (though, I do dislikethat). Its not thecondescending didactic manner of the cartoon (but, yes, I do dislikethat, too). Its not even the reinforcement of puerile pop culture myths or the total lack of humor (as you probably guessed already, I dislike those things as well).No, what really bothers me is how patently wrong this cartoon is. You dont want to be a doer. You want to be a thinker. You want to takethe time to plan, reason, and investigate before you do anything at all. This leads to better results when youdofinally act.You know who thinks before they act? Michael Phelps. As Danielle Schlanger explains at Business Insider, Olympic swimmer and14-time gold medalistMichael Phelps reviewsevery possible scenariothat could occur during a race before he even gets in the water. Schlanger also mentions Captain Sully Sullenberger, famous for landing his disabled tuch in the Hudson River, saving the lives of everyone on board. Its a good thing Capt. Sullenberger decided to think things through, rather thaninstinctively heading for the nearest airport.Heck, even fruit flies think before they act.You know who doesnt think before they act? Children. Do you know why children dont think before they act? Because they cannot comprehend the consequences of their actions, think about future events, or realistically gauge how other people view their actions.Children literally lack thehardware to do this. The neural network responsible for these behaviors is not fully developed until 13 years of age.But, sure, lets throw away the complex and powerful capacities our brains develop over time. Lets revert to the childish way of behaving.Dont think Just doUnless, of course, youd like to be successful. Ill take the example of Michael Phelps over that of the neighbor kids any day.