Unit Secretary, Watkins 1, 24-Hours, Days, 7:00am - 3:30pm, (3) 8 hour shifts per week, Sunday - Saturday, Every other weekend and holiday

Heywood Hospital•Gardner, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee, the Unit Secretary functions as a member of the health care team who provides clerical and receptionist duties and maintains the physical environment of the unit. Heywood Healthcare values its employees and offers competitive wages, great benefits, and generous earned time off.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent required.
MOAB class required within 60 days of hire

Nice To Haves

Experience in Healthcare setting preferred.
Experience with medical terminology preferred.
Computer skills preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides clerical support to clinical staff (e.g. maintains unit files, organizes patient care record, prepares admission and pre-op charts, etc).
Under direction of nurse, makes all appropriate arrangements for outside services, transfers, and ambulance services in a timely manner.
Appropriately prioritizes tasks adjusting to changing workload as necessary (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes emergency situations, etc.).
Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/or removes safety hazards).
Performs thorough, timely, and accurate transcription of physicians’ orders (including entering into Meditech OE module where utilized).
Performs support functions to manager/director such as copying, typing, etc.
Participates in the learning for colleagues and self (e.g. assist with orientation of new staff in-services, educational programs, etc.).
Promptly answers the phone in a respectful manner identifying self and department and communicates clearly in a pleasant voice.
Accurately maintains logs (i.e. daily census, discharge tracking log, etc.)
Coordinates patient testing by calling ancillary departments upon request.
Creates, copies and distributes mail and materials necessary for projects and daily activities.
Facilitates communication between the nursing unit and other departments so that everyone involved has current and accurate information as to patient's care.
Facilitates transfers and admissions through retrieving and copying medical records and sending and receiving faxes so that, documents arrive before or at the same time as patients
Maintains patient refrigerator temperature log daily.