- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who prepares and compiles records in nursing unit of hospital or medical facility. Respnsibilities include:
* Records name of patient, address, and name of attending physician to prepare medical records on new patients.
* Copies information, such as patient's temperature, pulse rate, and blood pressure from nurses' records onto patient's medical records.
* Records information, such as physicians' orders and instructions, dietary requirements, and medication information, on patient charts and medical records.
* Keeps file of medical records on patients in unit.
* Prepares notice of patient's discharge to inform business office.
* Requisitions supplies designated by nursing staff.
* Answers telephone and intercom calls and provides information or relays messages to patients and medical staff.
* Directs visitors to patients' rooms.
* Distributes mail, newspapers, and flowers to patients.
* Compiles census of patients.
* May keep record of absences and hours worked by unit personnel.
* May transport patients in wheelchair or conveyance to locations within facility.
* May key patient information into computer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who registers and admits animals brought to animal hospital; advises owners about condition of pets being treated; prepares case records of treated animals; and computes and records payment of fees. Respnsibilities include:
* Questions animal owners to determine symptoms and to complete admission form.
* Answers questions by phone, letter, or in person about condition of animals treated, visiting hours, first aid, and discharge date.
* Prepares case record on each animal treated, including identifying information, diagnosis, and treatment.
* Computes treatment cost and records fees collected.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following supportive duties at blood-collection unit of blood bank. Respnsibilities include:
* Schedules appointments over telephone for blood donors.
* Interviews blood donors and records identifying and blood-credit information on registration form.
* Notifies nurse if donor appears to be underweight or too old to give blood.
* Takes blood donor's temperature and pulse to assist during medical interview.
* Unpacks, labels, and stamps date on empty blood packs.
* Posts donor names, blood-control numbers, and donor-group numbers to unit logsheet.
* Seals filled blood packs and sample tubes, using handtools and heat-sealing machine.
* Serves refreshments, such as coffee, juice, cookies, and jelly beans, to donors to prevent or relieve adverse reactions and to begin replenishment of blood fluids.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who schedules dates for mobile blood collection units to visit blood-donor groups for nonprofit blood bank. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines available date to schedule mobile blood collection units to visit blood-donor group, such as business or fraternal organizations, labor unions, or schools, or for blood-donor groups to visit temporary blood collection stations, based on uncommitted dates, availability of mobile units, location of donor groups, anticipated number of blood donors, and total daily blood collection capacity of blood bank.
* Prepares tentative weekly schedule and distributes schedule to mobile units and blood-donor recruiters.
* Notifies staff when change occurs in schedules.
* Confers with mobile-unit supervisor and blood donor recruiters to learn changes in information and to advise of any late changes in scheduling.
* Prepares reports on anticipated and actual blood donations for management.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who schedules dates for mobile blood collection units to visit blood-donor groups for nonprofit blood bank. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines available date to schedule mobile blood collection units to visit blood-donor group, such as business or fraternal organizations, labor unions, or schools, or for blood-donor groups to visit temporary blood collection stations, based on uncommitted dates, availability of mobile units, location of donor groups, anticipated number of blood donors, and total daily blood collection capacity of blood bank.
* Prepares tentative weekly schedule and distributes schedule to mobile units and blood-donor recruiters.
* Notifies staff when change occurs in schedules.
* Confers with mobile-unit supervisor and blood donor recruiters to learn changes in information and to advise of any late changes in scheduling.
* Prepares reports on anticipated and actual blood donations for management.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who reviews and verifies applications for blood credit for members of blood donor groups; informs hospital of result of verification; and answers inquiries regarding blood credit from patients, donor groups, hospitals, and health insurance organizations. Respnsibilities include:
* Checks blood credit release form received from blood donor groups for completeness and legibility and reviews blood bank records to determine eligibility for donor blood credit.
* Records amounts of blood or components used by patient and issues credit slip to blood bank accounting department.
* Sends copies of credit slips to hospitals and health insurance organizations.
* Processes reciprocity forms being sent to or received from Red Cross clearance agency authorizing blood credit from one blood bank region to another.
* Answers inquiries by phone or letter from patients and family, blood donor groups, hospital staff, and health insurance staff regarding blood credit information.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives and processes requests for blood from hospitals. Respnsibilities include:
* Records amount and type of whole blood or blood component requested and checks inventory control board, or phones blood storage units, laboratories, doctors, or other hospitals to determine availability of whole blood and blood components.
* Questions hospital ordering blood as to urgency and use of blood.
* Advises supervisor or staff doctor when blood request is excessive, unusual, or for rare blood type or component, or when blood inventory is low.
* Relays orders to blood storage units to prepare and ship blood or components to designated hospitals.
* Adjusts figures on blood inventory control board and records transfer of blood from one hospital to another.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares dietary information for use by kitchen personnel in preparation of foods for hospital patients. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines diet orders and menus received from hospital units and tallies portions and foods of general and soft diets.
* Tallies quantities of specific foods, such as vegetables and meats, to be prepared in kitchen.
* Marks tally on master menu to inform kitchen personnel of food requirements.
* Processes new diets and changes as required.
* May calculate diabetic diets, using calculator, and following standards established by clinical dietitian.
* May answer telephone and intercom calls and relay information to kitchen concerning meal changes, complaints, or patient discharge.
* May prepare and deliver formula and special nourishments to unit pantries.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of advertising-dispatch clerks engaged in compiling and dispatching advertising schedules and materials to composing room of daily or weekly publication and maintaining advertising files. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with advertising and composing-room personnel to organize and file customer advertising copy.
* Confers with customers by telephone to discuss copy revisions.
* Reviews customer advertising files to ensure that information is correct and that files are maintained according to company standards.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparing classified advertisements. Respnsibilities include:
* Reviews advertisement and suggests changes to improve its effectiveness.
* Reviews customer accounts and approves credit or refers matter to credit department.
* Edits copy of accepted advertisements and forwards copy to composing room.
* Trains new personnel in work procedures.
* May make personal or telephone contacts to solicit new accounts or to increase use of advertising by current customers.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
