Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values. Additionally, the unit clerk/scrub technician under the direct supervision of the licensed nurse performs various duties to assist in care of patients. These duties include, but are not limited to, transcribing physician orders, answering and dispatching patient calls, answering the telephone and transferring calls to the appropriate personnel, maintaining supply inventories, office equipment, and overall order and organization of the nurses station, performing first scrub procedures in the Delivery OR and assistant roles at a vaginal delivery.
1. Under the direct supervision of licensed nurses performs duties as assigned.
2. Courteously answers patient calls giving the patient reassurance and immediately notifying nursing personnel of patient’s needs
3. Initiates, assembles and maintains charts from admission to discharge. Following discharge, prepares the chart for transport to health information management.
4. Knowledgeable of and performs computer applications as appropriate to clerical responsibilities
5. Maintain appropriate inventories of forms and supplies
6. Maintain a clean and orderly work area
7. Perform first scrub role in Delivery OR
8. Stock department and OR after procedures
· Uses common sense and special medical skills to care for the sick
· Understands technical information from supervisors, charts, reference books, manuals and labels
· Uses eyes, ears, hands and fingers with skill
· Acts quickly in an emergency, rendering appropriate life-saving measures
· Communicates with people
· Change from one duty to another frequently
· Follow and/or give precise instructions
· Records and interprets information accurately
Education: High school graduate or GED.
Certification: Current BLS required
Experience: Must live within 30 min drive. Previous experience in clerical or receptionist position helpful. Previous experience in scrub role helpful. Hospital experience and knowledge of medical terminology preferred, but not required.
Huntsville Hospital is an 881-bed hospital that serves as the regional referral center for North Alabama and southern Tennessee. Huntsville Hospital is governed by the Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville and is the second-largest hospital in Alabama. In recent years, the hospital has expanded its services throughout the region with the development of Huntsville Hospital Health System, which includes hospitals in Huntsville, Madison, Athens, Decatur, Boaz, Guntersville, Moulton, Red Bay, Sheffield, Scottsboro, and Fayetteville, Tenn. The Health System includes more than 2,300 patient beds and 19,500 employees.
