Unit Secretary

Lifepoint Health•Dallas, TX

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Unit Secretary provides administrative support for scheduling, admitting, medical records, discharge planning, and secretarial functions for the department as well as limited patient related activities for the following patient populations: Adolescent (12 - 18 years), Adult (18 - 65 years) and Geriatric (65 and over), and occasionally, Neonate/Infant (birth - 1 year), and Pediatric (1-12 years). Functions in a multi-skilled environment that requires application of customer service clerical skills with some patient related activities. Additional responsibilities include: Greets and escorts patients/families/visitors to appropriate areas of the hospital. Assists in the discharge planning process by collecting appropriate information, communicating with appropriate agencies and scheduling procedures on assignments. Schedules an admission, creates a reservation and assigns a bed on the system if appropriate. Performs basic guest relation tasks such as arranging guest trays, collecting, securing or locating patient valuables, providing consent forms, and make arrangements for family accommodations.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Unit Secretary experience in an inpatient setting preferred
BCLS preferred

Responsibilities

Provides administrative support for scheduling, admitting, medical records, discharge planning, and secretarial functions for the department.
Performs limited patient related activities for adolescent, adult, geriatric, and occasionally neonate/infant, and pediatric patient populations.
Greets and escorts patients/families/visitors to appropriate areas of the hospital.
Assists in the discharge planning process by collecting appropriate information, communicating with appropriate agencies and scheduling procedures on assignments.
Schedules an admission, creates a reservation and assigns a bed on the system if appropriate.
Performs basic guest relation tasks such as arranging guest trays, collecting, securing or locating patient valuables, providing consent forms, and make arrangements for family accommodations.