Ward Clerk
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center
NY
Summary
The Ward Clerk provides essential clerical and communication support to the healthcare team while serving as the primary point of contact for patients and visitors. They are responsible for maintaining patient records, managing unit supplies, and facilitating efficient patient flow through admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly organized and customer-focused Unit Clerk to support daily unit operations. In this role, you will serve as the first point of contact for patients, families, and visitors while providing essential clerical and communication support to the healthcare team. This position plays a key role in improving patient flow and hospital throughput by ensuring timely communication, accurate documentation, and efficient coordination across departments.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform clerical duties including data entry, order entry, and maintaining patient records
- Answer phones, route calls, and respond to inquiries professionally
- Greet and assist patients, families, and visitors with excellent customer service
- Support admissions, transfers, and discharges to promote efficient patient flow
- Communicate effectively with nurses, physicians, and ancillary departments
- Maintain unit supplies and ensure an organized work environment
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and confidentiality standards
Qualifications
Qualifications
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED required
Experience:
- Clerical, administrative, or healthcare experience preferred
- Hospital or acute care experience strongly preferred
Skills:
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office, data entry)
- Experience with EMR systems preferred
- Knowledge of medical terminology is a plus
Schedule Requirements:
- Must be available to work every other weekend and holidays
For more than 150 years, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey’s oldest and nonprofit, nonsectarian hospital, has worked to exceed our community’s highest expectations for compassionate care, healthcare excellence and superior service. The institution traditionally treats more than 32,000 inpatients and over 97,000 Emergency Department patients each year. The Medical Center and the Ambulatory Care Center provide treatment and services for 275,000 outpatient visits annually.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center has long been recognized as a leader in providing the highest level of patient care-delivering nearly 5,800 babies annually, caring for more newly diagnosed cancer patients, creating breakthroughs in the field of infertility, and providing more than 100 medical and surgical specialty and subspecialty services.
Follow Saint Barnabas Medical Center on social media:
Facebook – Facebook.com/SaintBarnabasMedicalCenter
Instagram – Instagram.com/SaintBarnabasNJ
Twitter – Twitter.com/SaintBarnabasNJ
LinkedIn – Linkedin.com/company/saintbarnabasnj
Founded
1865
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Livingston, New Jersey
For more than 150 years, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, New Jersey’s oldest and nonprofit, nonsectarian hospital, has worked to exceed our community’s highest expectations for compassionate care, healthcare excellence and superior service. The institution traditionally treats more than 32,000 inpatients and over 97,000 Emergency Department patients each year. The Medical Center and the Ambulatory Care Center provide treatment and services for 275,000 outpatient visits annually.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center has long been recognized as a leader in providing the highest level of patient care-delivering nearly 5,800 babies annually, caring for more newly diagnosed cancer patients, creating breakthroughs in the field of infertility, and providing more than 100 medical and surgical specialty and subspecialty services.
Follow Saint Barnabas Medical Center on social media:
Facebook – Facebook.com/SaintBarnabasMedicalCenter
Instagram – Instagram.com/SaintBarnabasNJ
Twitter – Twitter.com/SaintBarnabasNJ
LinkedIn – Linkedin.com/company/saintbarnabasnj
Founded
1865
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Livingston, New Jersey