Description

Methodist Hospital

Decedent Affairs Coord

Clinical Department

Full Time --Exempt

Mixed Shift - Weekdays ONLY!

Do you have a passion for healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in our Clinical Resources Department. Submit your application today!

Benefits:

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program, and student loan repayment. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.

Under the general supervision of the Histology Lab Manager, provides support to departments, inpatient floors, Emergency Department, morgue staff, coroners, funeral directors, and family members of deceased patients through telephone and email contact, meetings, problem solving and follow-up.

What you will do In This Role:

• Manages all phone calls pertaining to decedent affairs

• Arranges for pick up from the morgue by designated funeral home

• Functions as the hospital liaison for funeral directors and medical examiner’s office

• Maintenance of morgue death log and is responsible for the cleanliness and operational readiness of the morgue

• Provides quality assurance for all death’s in our hospital by providing follow up calls to the designated funeral home and ensures they have proper documentation

• Applies and completes pauper’s burial request for any abandon bodies

• Works in conjunction with histology and case management for fetal demise cases

• Resolves questions and discrepancies/escalations regarding expired patients and fetal demise cases

• When applicable attends CNC meetings to reiterate the hospital’s mortuary processes

• Inputs Vigilanz occurrence reports for any and all discrepancies with decedent documentation

• Provides support to nursing units as autopsy’s are needed

• Works in conjunction with the Nursing/Lab Team to develop/review policies and procedures for expired patients at Methodist Hospital.

• Direct line of communication with Nursing Admin and Security to ensure that decedents are being moved from morgue

• If time permits, the coordinator will go directly to the floors and assist with the administrative portion, N-33 paperwork, and assist nursing units with first calls to funeral homes to prevent errors and grievances from families

What Qualifications You Will Need:

• Education: Associate of Applied Science in Mortuary Science OR Bachelor’s of Science in Biology, Health Science, or other related field

• Experience: 1 year of mortuary science or 1 year of process improvement management preferred

Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first program to receive FACT Accreditation in North America.

As the flagship hospital, and most comprehensive medical care facility of Methodist Healthcare, we appreciate the support and recognition we receive from the community. We’ve recently been named the No.1 Best Regional Hospital by the U.S. News and World Report for 2019-20. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality of care possible for our patients, which is proven by our consecutive Grade A Leapfrog Hospital Safety scores. In addition, Methodist Hospital not only received a Primary Stroke Center designation from The Joint Commission, but has also received a Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from DNV GL Healthcare, designating the facility as offering the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital under Locations.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications. Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability