Ascension-posted 9 months ago
Jacksonville, FL
Ambulatory Health Care Services

The Unit Assistant in the Cardiovascular Unit at Ascension St. Vincent's Southside is responsible for performing administrative and clerical duties in support of the clinical area. This role involves greeting patients and visitors, answering and routing telephone calls, filing, distributing mail, and performing other general clerical duties. The Unit Assistant will communicate with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol, schedule patients for appointments, assist with programs/software for physicians and clinicians, assemble and maintain patient charts, coordinate meetings, maintain meeting minutes, and enter and maintain timekeeping changes and staff schedules in computer systems.

  • Perform administrative and clerical duties in support of an assigned clinical area.
  • Greet patients and visitors, answers/screens/routes telephone calls, files, distributes mail and performs other general clerical duties.
  • Communicate with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol.
  • Schedule patients for individual appointment and in a timely manner.
  • Provide assistance with programs/software for Physicians/Clinicians through the order entry processes, transfers and discharges.
  • Assemble and maintain patient charts.
  • Coordinate meetings/schedules meetings/rooms with the appropriate person, sends notices as requested.
  • Maintain meeting minutes.
  • Enter and maintain timekeeping changes and staff schedules in computer systems.
  • High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
  • BLS Provider preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Various health insurance options & wellness plans
  • Retirement benefits including employer match plans
  • Long-term & short-term disability
  • Employee assistance programs (EAP)
  • Parental leave & adoption assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
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