Emergency Room Unit Secretary: Fast-Paced, Impactful

St. Joseph Medical Center; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Roxborough Memorial Hospital is hiring a Unit Secretary for the Emergency Room on a per diem basis. The role supports ED operations, facilitates communication, and documents physician orders in the absence of CPOE/EMR systems.

Responsibilities include preparing charts, ordering supplies, and assisting nursing staff with indirect patient care. A High School Diploma and current BLS are required, with computer literacy and preferred medical terminology experience.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience required for all new hires, effective April 2014.
• Medical terminology preferred.
• Current BLS certificate within 6 months of hire and maintain current.
• Experience using computers for word processing, database management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the communication needs of the department.
• Transcribes physician orders from records (in the absence of CPOE and EMR clinical documentation system) with notation and signature by nursing staff.
• Prepares and complies records on the Emergency Room.
• Orders supplies for the unit, prepares and completes each patients chart for necessary forms needed on a daily basis.
• Able to assist nursing staff for duties involving indirect patient care.

Skills

Medical terminology

Computer literacy

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

Roxborough Memorial Hospital is hiring a Unit Secretary for the Emergency Room on a per diem basis. The role supports ED operations, facilitates communication, and documents physician orders in the absence of CPOE/EMR systems.

Responsibilities include preparing charts, ordering supplies, and assisting nursing staff with indirect patient care. A High School Diploma and current BLS are required, with computer literacy and preferred medical terminology experience.