Job ID:                    015669
Company Name:    Kindred Healthcare
Job Category:        Clerical/Administrative
Location:               Brockton, MA
Position Type:          Full-Time, Employee
Experience:           2-5 Years Experience
Desired Education Level:    Other

At Kindred Healthcare, our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion. At March 31, 2008, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 646 locations in 40 states. Kindred’s 52,900 employees are committed to providing high quality patient care and outstanding customer service to become the most trusted and respected provider of healthcare services in every community we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com. An Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug Free Workplace. Kindred Healthcare is seeking an energetic individual to help assist patients and families with orientation to the unit, identifying their needs, and ensuring that proper resources are applied. You will also assist our staff and physicians in the maintenance of the nursing station and medical records.

Responsibilities:

* Prepare admission charts/records; assemble charts for new admissions with appropriate forms; label chart with correct patient/physician information and label patient rooms with patient information and physician’s name
* Complete the admission documentation; assist physicians with charts; ascertain the expectations of the patient and family regarding the hospital stay
* Confer with the charge nurse on scheduling patient tests and activities
* Adhere to isolation precautions and OSHA blood-borne guidelines, using personal protective equipment as required
* Answer telephone and call lights, take messages and communicate promptly to the appropriate person
* Make hourly rounds to each patient’s room to assess any unmet needs
* Process patient discharge orders, notifying the nurse of the orders; copy information on chart to be sent to discharge facility; complete discharge paperwork and assist the family with the discharge process
* Under the direction of the nurse manager, order, receive and store supplies and equipment

Secretary

Unit Sec

Required:

Requires two years of recent hospital experience.

Preferred:

Current certification as a nursing assistant preferred.

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