Company Overview
Shriners Children's is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family's ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
Job Description
We currently have an opening for a part-time Health Unit Coordinator to join our Portland, OR team. The HUC is responsible to Nursing leadership. Provides clerical and office support in the inpatient setting. The HUC is responsible for answering phones, directing communications, registering patients in the computer, maintaining patient information (paper and computerized), transporting specimens, and procuring needed supplies, medications, and blood products.
Key Responsibilities:
Seeks to provide an environment conducive to family centered care
Is aware of patient/parent and staff boundary issues
Supports the professional interdisciplinary staff in their role to provide expert clinical care to patients
Completes all paperwork for admissions and discharges according to policy and procedure
Demonstrates appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills when dealing with patients, families, visitors and other staff
Required Qualifications:
1 year Transcription, medical terminology, office organizational skills
1 year Computer applications, typing, general office skills
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Preferred Qualifications:
The pay range for this position is $21.97 - $32.95. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.