Unit Assistant - General Medicine

Ascension Health • Panama City, FL

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About The Position

The position is within the General Medicine department at Ascension Sacred Heart - Bay, located in Panama City, Florida. It is a full-time role requiring three 12-hour night shifts. The job involves performing administrative and clerical duties in support of an assigned clinical area, which includes greeting patients and visitors, answering and routing telephone calls, filing, distributing mail, and other general clerical tasks. The role also requires communication with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol, scheduling patient appointments, assisting with programs/software for physicians/clinicians, coordinating meetings, maintaining meeting minutes, and entering timekeeping changes and staff schedules in computer systems.

Requirements

• High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
• Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Perform administrative and clerical duties in support of an assigned clinical area.
• Greet patients and visitors, answer/screen/route telephone calls, file, distribute mail and perform 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/schedule meetings/rooms with the appropriate person, send notices as requested.
• Maintain meeting minutes.
• Enter and maintain timekeeping changes and staff schedules in computer systems.

Benefits

• 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
• Ways to give back to your community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
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• Education Level: High school or GED