RESIDENT SERVICE COORDINATOR

DEPARTMENT: Nursing Department POSITION: Resident Services Coordinator SUPERVISION: House Manager SHIFT: DAY HOURLY PAY: $17.00-$18.00, commensurate with experience. Duties : Maintains charts and compiles charts for new admissions, placing in neces­sary forms, such as physician's order sheets, nurse progress notes, etc., and record necessary informa­tion, such as name of resident, etc. Maintains an accurate inventory of supplies by the correct ordering of same from the Purchasing Department. Assists with transporting residents on campus. Ensures all faxes to and from facility are sent, picked up, distributed, and filed correctly. Assists with all Physician/Physician Assistant, and Podiatrist visits as required by the Charge Nurse. Is to assist with secretari­al duties and transporting duties only (example: having charts open for documentation). Ensures that all file drawers, books, pharmacy, lab, and x-ray forms, etc. are kept full with all necessary copies needed. Ensures all necessary paperwork is filed as necessary or on a routine basis. Assists in obtaining signatures on resident vouchers after obtaining prior approval from Accounting Department. Updates CNA Task books. Assists with putting together necessary paperwork when patient is being transferred to hospital and calls ambulance to transport patient. Sets up doctor’s appointments and transportation needs for resident needing appointments outside of facility by coordinating with multiple doctors’ offices, transportation organizations, Sitrin’s transportation department, and ensuring all necessary paperwork and payments are made. Inputs work orders for maintenance into WorxHub on an as needed basis. Delivers and reads mail as requested. Keeps disaster plan identification tags current. Runs task list report on each patient as directed. Wipes down charts and other nursing station books and equipment on “down time” and/or as needed. Allowed access to the entire medical records of all residents. Performs duties according to the highest ethical and moral standards and in adherence with the facility’s corporate compliance plan and all applicable governing laws. Adheres to the facility’s confidentiality statement in accessing and safeguarding protected health information (PHI) of residents and employees, as necessary to perform job duties. Performs any other secretarial duties as assigned by Charge Nurse, Supervisor, and Unit Manager.