Unit Secretary - Internal & Family Medicine PCU
About The Position
The Unit Secretary acts as a liaison, greets visitors, patients, and healthcare team members in a courteous, customer-focused manner. Ensures patient charts are organized, accurate, and complete per hospital chart order. Initiates breakdown of charts and completes discharge checklists. Monitors the electronic record for new orders, consults for completion, accurate treatment teams, patient status, new results, and advance directives. Completes order entry for equipment, advance diet, and transport orders. Orders patient supplies and unit equipment as needed. Monitors and updates inventory and downtime bins. Enters dietary intake. Assists with safety and environmental rounds, monitors cleanliness, and assists with infection prevention efforts. This 32-bed telemetry progressive care unit specializes in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine. Patient diagnoses range anywhere from COPD exacerbations, pancreatitis, non-healing wounds, pulmonary emboli, etc. The top two patient diagnoses on the unit are heart failure exacerbations and sepsis. This full-time position is Monday-Friday, 3pm-11pm.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Heartsaver CPR/AED or BLS
- Minimum of six months of previous patient care experience or student in Nursing, Allied Health or medicine required; or minimum of year of clerical/administrative experience required
Nice To Haves
- Completion of Medical Terminology Class preferred
Responsibilities
- Acts as a liaison, greets visitors, patients, and healthcare team members in a courteous, customer-focused manner.
- Ensures patient charts are organized, accurate, and complete per hospital chart order.
- Initiates breakdown of charts and completes discharge checklists.
- Monitors electronic record for new orders, consults for completion, accurate treatment teams, patient status, new results, and advance directives.
- Completes order entry for equipment, advance diet, and transport orders.
- Orders patient supplies and unit equipment as needed.
- Monitors and updates inventory and downtime bins.
- Enters dietary intake.
- Assists with safety and environmental rounds, monitors cleanliness, and assists with infection prevention efforts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
