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WellSpan Health•Chambersburg, PA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Unit Secretary/Nursing Attendant on a Family Birthing Services unit, which includes a 14-bed LDRP unit and a 14-bed overflow/postpartum unit. The unit serves OB/GYN and CNM providers and offers family-centered maternity and newborn care, with approximately 1,800 births annually. It is supported by a Level II NICU and Lactation Consultants. Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) will be provided. This is a PRN position requiring a minimum of 24 hours off shift per 6-week schedule, with 12-hour day/evening/night shifts, and availability for weekends and holidays as needed. Shift and Weekend Differential are eligible.

Requirements

High school graduate or the equivalent.
Experience applying customer service behaviors and communication skills required.
Proficiency in the use of computers, fax machine, and related equipment required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

Graduate of a nursing educational program preferred.
Prior clerical experience in a health care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Remains calm, reassuring, and proficient during emergency situations.
Readily adapts to changes in workload and prioritizes work.
Receives, places, and transfers telephone calls using appropriate telephone etiquette while promoting positive customer service.
Assists in the orientation of all new staff to the unit.
Maintains an appropriate quantity of forms, materials, and supplies.
Accurately records/enters information as required (e.g., patient charges, appointments).
Initiates, assembles, and maintains charts for all patients on the assigned unit.
Under the supervision of the RN, completely and accurately transcribes physician orders utilizing Epic.
Seeks guidance and direction as needed for performance of duties.
Advises appropriate personnel of situations requiring attention or follow-up.
Maintains chart check to ensure no missed orders.
Assists during emergency situations as directed by the shift charge nurse.
Reports any patient problems to a direct care provider immediately.
Supports, reinforces, coaches, and assists, as necessary, the physicians in the retrieval of clinical information from the EMR.
Maintains patient assignments boards, patient therapy board or tracker.
Completes appropriate forms upon patient's death to include calling CORE, notifying funeral home and coroner, when necessary.
Demonstrates involvement in the unit by attending 50% of staff/committee meetings and in-services for the area.
Responsible for the maintenance and activation of downtime forms during planned and unplanned Epic downtime periods.
Expected to float to other Patient Services areas to cover assigned duties as needed.
Transports medications within the hospital as requested and needed according to Hospital policy.
Demonstrates ability to communicate pertinent information to the primary nurse.
Assists and maintains a neat, clean, and safe environment for patients and other nursing staff.
Familiar with duties and performs them independently, accurately, efficiently, promptly, recognizing their importance and relationship to patient care for all age/population groups.
Receives instructions and follows directions accurately and in a cooperative manner.
Observes changes in patient condition & promptly reports to primary nurse.
Utilizes proper body mechanics to prevent injury to self and others.
Safely positions, transfers, and transports patients.
Assists in maintaining equipment assigned to patient care and reports malfunctioning of equipment to appropriate personnel.
Assists in orientation of new personnel to the unit by being friendly and encouraging and serving as a preceptor or "buddy".
Recognizes and responds to priorities in the patient care process.
Readily adapts to changes in workload and responds efficiently.
Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
Anticipates unit's needs, and promptly answers/responds to patient call lights, pages, and safety checks.
Assists in postmortem care and transports the body to Morgue on occasion.
Performs external cardiac compressions to patients during Code Blue activities if required.