Night Unit Secretary – Pediatric Care Admin

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a clerical-focused Unit Secretary to support patient care areas during the night shift. You will handle patient documentation, census, and routine forms while ensuring safe, courteous service.

Responsibilities include coordinating paperwork, assisting with inventory, and onboarding new staff in unit secretary duties. A high school diploma and clerical experience in a medical setting are preferred.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in a clerical role.
• Experience in a medical setting.
• Personal computer skills, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Windows-based applications.
• Experience in medical terminology.
• Unit Secretary (US) certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service support to internal and external customers with clear and concise communication, e.g., warm greeting protocol, directions, visitor hygiene instructions, visitations guidelines.
• Distributes and collects appropriate paperwork and forms, e.g., phone list, round sheets, care boards, surgical and medical packets, lab labels.
• Maintains patient census and patient identification information. e.g., Epic, census book, patient charts, patient labels.
• Orders and maintains appropriate inventory of unit supplies, e.g., office supplies, formula, blood bank, i-STATs.
• Orients new associates in appropriate unit secretary duties.
• Collects daily line day data.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Windows-based applications

Epic

Job description

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a clerical-focused Unit Secretary to support patient care areas during the night shift. You will handle patient documentation, census, and routine forms while ensuring safe, courteous service.

Responsibilities include coordinating paperwork, assisting with inventory, and onboarding new staff in unit secretary duties. A high school diploma and clerical experience in a medical setting are preferred.