MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH ASSOCIATE - OB/GYN - P/T WITH BENEFITS EVENING

Maternal Child Health Associate - Ob/Gyn - P/T with Benefits Evening

PALISADES MEDICAL CENTER North Bergen, New Jersey

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• Requisition # 2025-171409
• ShiftEvening
• StatusPart-time with Benefits
  
  

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Maternal Child Health Associate at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Transcribes and transmits doctor's orders to appropriate areas under supervision of a registered nurse, and confers with the charge nurse and/or nurse assigned to patient, regarding scheduling patients activities and tests. Consistently follows up on written and oral instructions; promptly reports matters requiring immediate nursing intervention.
• Performs clerical functions for physicians within the Unit Secretary's sphere of responsibility.
• Answers telephone and intercom, takes messages, and communicates messages to the appropriate person.
• Prepares and keeps current census sheet, TPR sheets, transportation log, dietary requisitions and other forms, and delivers them to the proper department as necessary.
• Performs clerical duties related to the admission, registration and discharge of patients.
• Initiates pre-operative checklist on the evening before surgery and updates on day of surgery; signs in the allocated spaces.
• Compiles new charts, maintains current charts, and enters patient information on the charts and Kardexes.
• Performs all patient record activities and charting transcriptions with close attention to detail and accuracy. Ensures that complete information is filled in on all forms (requisitions, transfers, work orders, dietary requisitions, graphic sheets, I & O sheets, etc.); keeps current census sheets. Delivers completed forms to the proper departments as necessary.
• Routinely files test results and control copies under appropriate corresponding dividers. Always ensures that current lab print-out shows all results; questions and verifies any discrepancies or deficiencies; discards and replaces old printouts and corresponding control copies; dates and signs all results when filed.
• Routinely stamps and applies door tags, bed tags, charge tags, I & O sheets and NPO tags, as required. Verifies orders and allows no errors.
• Maintains patient care kardexes, medication kardexes, and bedside computer patient activity sheet, to ensure completeand accurate information in order to facilitate patient follow-up. Ensures that all are complete, accruate and up to date for all patients.
• Disassembles all charts of discharged patients within the same shift that the patient was discharged from the hospital.
• Posts the patient's allergies in RED ink on: chart, Patient Care Kardex, Medication Kardex, Doctors Order Sheets. Posts allergy sticker over the head of the patients bed. Allows no errors in this procedure. Initiates and disseminates all patient charges; ensures that all charges are recorded and sent to data processing.
• Schedules clinic appointments for patient examinations and treatments, makes arrangements that ensure all patients reach the scheduled procedure on time.
• Places information accurately into EBC registry. Places charges accurately in computer in a timely manner.
• Obtains demographic as well as financial information on all patients coming in for ER/Outpatient/Pre- admission testing visits into the hospital.
• Records and verifies all pertinent information from insurance companies in respect to a patient's authorization for services, eligibility and benefits.
• Possesses ability to read and understand HDX insurance verification system and identify any potential problems with the insurance carrier.
• Ensures delivery of excellent customer service resulting in positive and improving patient satisfaction scores for department and Medical Center.
  
  

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
  
  

Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred

• Six months clerical experience preferred. Knowledge of medical terminology helpful. Hospital,
  
  

Preferred

physician office or insurance company experience preferred.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Compensation

Minimum rate of $21.42 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

Job Duties

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:

• Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
• Experience: Years of relevant work experience.
• Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
• Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
• Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
• Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
• Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.
  
  

Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.

In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

Our Network

Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility

As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health network who may have current openings that fit your skills and experience.

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At Hackensack Meridian Health, we help our patients live better, healthier lives – and we help one another succeed. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how our team members support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we’re ready to transform health care and advance our mission to serve as a leader of positive change.

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