Senior Emergency Medical Services Coordinator
County of Riverside
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Medical Unit Clerk
County of Riverside
RUHS-Medical Center
Location
Riverside, California, 92502-1569
Salary
$18.87 - $27.08
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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April 8, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves handling clerical tasks in a hospital's intensive care unit, such as answering phones, entering patient data, managing charts, scheduling appointments, and coordinating patient movements like admissions and discharges.
It's a support role for doctors and nurses in a fast-paced medical environment, often during evening or night shifts.
A good fit would be someone organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable in healthcare settings with basic office skills.
Key Requirements
- One year of clerical experience, preferably in healthcare
- Completion of 18 semester or 24 quarter units in secretarial sciences, office practice, business education, medical assisting, or related field (substitutes for experience)
- Completion of 360 hours of training in secretarial sciences, business education, medical assisting, or related field (substitutes for experience)
- Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, filing, and standard office equipment
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions
- Ability to perform general clerical work and quickly learn medical unit operations
- Flexibility for evening/night shifts in Adult Critical Care (ICU)
Full Job Description
Applications will be reviewed in the order in which it was received
The County of Riverside's Department of Riverside University Health System – Medical Center seeks a Medical Unit Clerk to join their Adult Critical Care (ICU) team. Under supervision, the Medical Unit Clerk will be responsible for answering phones, data entry into a patients' chart, building and breaking down charts, scheduling appointments, and transportation; as well as being flexible performing a variety of clerical duties in a medical treatment area in support of professional and other staff; and to do other work as required.
Incumbents in this class perform a variety of standardized clerical functions in support of doctors, nurses, and other staff in an assigned medical treatment area.
Work Schedule and/or Shift Times: (subject to change upon clinic needs)
6/12-8: Evening/Night Shift times will be discussed further during the interview.
Meet the team!
The Riverside University Health System is here for you when you or someone you love needs help to achieve and maintain a life of whole health, wellness, and recovery. Can you see yourself here?
Requirements
• Transcribes physician's orders from patient chart to the proper forms in preparation for verification by professional staff; answers telephone; takes and delivers telephone messages.• Provides routine information as requested to staff, patients, visitors, and the public; greets patients and visitors; places calls to doctors, other medical units, and support units as directed.
• Tracks admissions, discharges, transfer, and room changes for census purposes; completes proper forms and records for patient admissions, transfers, discharges, examinations, and testing; may assemble, disassemble, update, and thin patient charts.
• Maintains unit files; runs errands and transports supplies, specimens, and other materials as needed; contacts or receives calls from hospital departments, hospitals, doctor's offices, or medical agencies to coordinate or schedule services for patients.
• Responds to established emergency procedures; assists in ordering stock supplies; may distribute mail, packages, and flowers to patients as necessary.
• Make clinic appointments for patients; may prepare birth certificates and identification bands as necessary; may perform incidental typing duties.
Qualifications
Experience: One year of experience in clerical work preferably in a health care agency. Either or the following may be substituted for the required experience:Completion of 18 semester or 24 quarter units from a recognized college in secretarial sciences, office practice, business education's, medical assisting, or a closely related field;
OR
Completions of 360 hours of training from a recognized occupational training program in secretarial sciences, business education, medical assisting, or a closely related field.
Knowledge of: Modern office practices and procedures including filing and operating standard office equipment.
Ability to: Understand and follow oral and written directions; perform general clerical work and learn quickly the specific operations of a medical treatment unit; establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public and fellow employees; work effectively under stress and in emergency situations.
Additional Information
Other Requirements
License/Certificate: Possession of a valid California Driver’s License may be required.
Skill to: Type 45 net words per minute.Bilingual Testing
The Human Resources Department may coordinate a Bilingual (Spanish) Non-Proctored Assessment.
County of Riverside Human Resources Contact:
For more information regarding this position, please contact the recruiter, Jesus Colin, via email at Jcolin@rivco.org or (951) 955-0234.
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