Apply personal management skills which support effective workplace behavior. Demonstrate the Health Unit Coordinator responsibilities and accountability nursing personnel, medical staff, other hospital departments and patients and visitors in the clinical setting. Operate the nursing unit communication systems including the computer terminal, fax, telephone, intercom, pager, imprinter device and conveyor system. Record telephoned doctors orders, diagnostic test values, vital signs, and census data. Order daily diets and daily laboratory tests.
File reports on patients' charts.
Transcribe doctors' orders utilizing correct medical terminology, abbreviations, drug categories, automatic stop dates and cancellations and routes of administration in the clinical setting. Perform the nonclinical tasks for patient admission, transfer, discharge, preoperative and postoperative procedures. Plan and execute general daily routines and tasks for the performance of nonclinical responsibilities of the nursing unit. Maintain the nursing unit supplies. Prepare patient consent forms.