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The⠀Preadmission⠀Evaluation⠀(PAE)⠀Associate⠀coordinates⠀all the⠀essential⠀functions,⠀that⠀support⠀the⠀clerical,⠀operational⠀and⠀administrative⠀responsible⠀of⠀PreAdmission⠀Evaluation⠀Services.
Responsibilities:
- Completes⠀(write)⠀all forms,⠀lists and⠀correspondence⠀necessary⠀for the⠀daily⠀functioning⠀of the⠀department.
- Collects⠀all⠀pertinent⠀patient⠀data⠀(clinical,⠀consent,⠀medical⠀clearance,⠀etc.) and⠀produce a⠀completed⠀chart 48⠀hours in⠀advance of⠀admission⠀or⠀pre-admission.
- Initiates⠀appropriate⠀phone⠀calls to⠀surgeons/PCP⠀when PAT⠀results⠀are⠀missing,⠀incomplete⠀or⠀abnormal⠀results⠀are⠀noted.
- Ensures⠀that all⠀required⠀documents⠀(H&P's⠀medical⠀clearance,⠀etc.) are⠀accurately⠀documented⠀on⠀checklist⠀and in⠀chart and⠀sent to⠀appropriate⠀Points of⠀Service⠀(SAS, CAS,⠀CDAR,⠀etc.)⠀prior to⠀admission.
- Develops⠀and⠀maintains⠀surgical⠀list of⠀all⠀patients⠀expected⠀for⠀surgery at⠀the 24⠀hour mark⠀along with⠀the⠀appropriate⠀documentation.
- Checks⠀all notice⠀received⠀via⠀computer⠀(cancellations,⠀date⠀changes,⠀PAT⠀changes)
- Provides⠀information/answers⠀questions⠀regarding⠀admission⠀and PAT⠀testing⠀and refers⠀to R.N.⠀when⠀necessary⠀for⠀clinically⠀related⠀information
- Receives⠀and⠀maintains⠀log of all⠀MD PAT and⠀other⠀documents⠀brought⠀to, faxed⠀to or⠀picked up⠀from drop⠀box to⠀Admission⠀Services⠀Center, in⠀absence of⠀clerk.
- Maintains⠀departmental⠀files, H&P⠀file,⠀cancel⠀file and⠀daily⠀document⠀file.
- Ensures⠀that the⠀PAE⠀department⠀operates⠀with⠀minimal⠀interruption⠀to its⠀timely⠀work⠀flow.
- Adheres⠀to the⠀standards⠀identified⠀in the⠀Medical⠀Center's⠀Organizational⠀Competencies.
Qualifications:
- High⠀School⠀diploma,⠀general⠀equivalency⠀diploma⠀(GED),⠀and/or GED⠀equivalent⠀programs.
- Six⠀months⠀general⠀office⠀experience.
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
- Business⠀school⠀graduate.
- Experience⠀in the⠀health⠀care⠀field.
- Knowledge⠀of CRT,⠀data entry⠀(types 30⠀wpm) and⠀medical⠀terminology.