Unit Secretary - Med Surg

Tenet Healthcare Corporation•Nacogdoches, TX

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Be the heart of compassionate care in a patient care support role with us! In this vital role, you'll provide essential assistance and comfort to patients, ensuring they receive the best possible experience during their healthcare journey. If youre dedicated, empathetic, and ready to make a positive impact on patients' lives, we encourage you to apply today and become a crucial part of our caring team!

Requirements

Clerical duties
Preparing, compiling, and maintaining records
Recording, transmitting, and filing communications
Transcribing physicians' orders
Scheduling patients for surgery, treatments, or tests
Ordering and storing unit supplies
Making phone calls for special orders
Maintaining and assembling patient charts
Answering telephone and intercom, relaying messages
Greeting, directing, and instructing visitors
Assisting physicians with patient chart location
Preparing reports, documents, and records
Assisting with patient care/quality assurance audits

Nice To Haves

Dedicated
Empathetic

Responsibilities

Performs general clerical duties by preparing, compiling, and maintaining records in a hospital nursing unit.
Records, transmits and/or files written and verbal communications to, from, and within the nursing unit to staff, patients, and physicians.
Transcribes physicians’ orders.
Schedules and signs patients in and out for surgery, treatments, or tests as indicated.
Orders and stores unit supplies.
Makes necessary phone calls for special orders for doctors, patients or nurses.
Maintains current and orderly chart files; assembles patients’ charts for transfers or discharges.
Answers telephone or intercom; records and relays messages.
Greets, directs, and instructs visitors as necessary.
Assist physicians in locating patients’ charts and appropriate primary nurse.
Prepare routine, confidential and/or special reports, documents and records; assists with patient care/quality assurance audits.