Christiana Care Health System Looking for Clerk VI – Infection Prevention – M-F, 8a-4:30p at Newark, DE  Full Time

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

To function as a vital healthcare team member and provide office and clerical support to the Infection Prevention office.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

General responsibilities include:

• Works collaboratively with the Infection Preventionists and other administrative and/or clerical personnel in the department to meet the department’s needs.
• Maintains an accurate and efficient electronic/ paper filing system to ensure easy access for others in department

• Responds to requests in a responsive and courteous manner and assures that customer’s requests and expectations.

• Provides State, Federal and other regulatory agencies with information that is required and/or requested in a prompt and efficient manner.

• Demonstrates compliance with system-wide and departmental policies and procedures and mandatory education requirements including but not limited to safety, infection prevention, attendance and dress code.

• Attends departmental meetings and in-services as required.

• Assumes responsibility for ongoing professional growth.
• Maintains and advances knowledge of computer software (Outlook, Powerpoint, Word, EXCEL, etc.) and utilizes appropriately in daily functions. Knowledge of Cerner Powerchart is preferred.

• Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices; reports to manager, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.

• Performs assignments that need to be completed, even when outside the scope of routine responsibilities and adaptable to changing departmental conditions: team worker.

Performs clerical duties to enable the Infection Prevention department to facilitate an organized work environment that include:

– Handles some scheduling of meetings and is able to set up any additional support for meetings as directed by manager.

– Provide support to do mailings & make photocopies

– Requests patient records from Health Information Management Department if necessary.

– Acts as department courier as needed

– Answers phone calls assisting caller with correct information

• Provides office support through daily distribution of inter-office mail, routing phone messages and paging as requested
• Organizes information and references in appropriate manuals
• Contact investigations (CI): sends out and submits CI to affected departments/nursing units
• Assists with maintenance of the Infection Prevention website.

Performs hand hygiene observations, as an infection prevention validator.

Participates in Environment of care rounding.

Data entry responsibilities include:

• Data entry as needed to support Infection Prevention program (National Healthcare Safety Network Surveillance of CDC data base, and any current focus studies as requested
• Chart review/Data entry of missing surgical information fields required for submission of monthly NHSN procedure for denominator codes.
• Chart review/Data entry of MRSA results for surgical spine cases, (daily).
• Covid tele tracker- back up person for data analyst for required data entry.
• Maintains, utilizes and advances knowledge of software required to support various data entry systems

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

High school diploma or equivalent.

Two years clerical experience required.

Knowledge of computers and good skills in: Outlook, Word and Excel required; Access and Power Point preferred.

Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

None.

EEO Statement: Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.