Per Diem Unit Secretary - Front Desk & Patient Care

Hartford HealthCare; West Virginia; On-site; USD 22,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare, including St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, seeks a per diem clerical assistant to support an assigned clinical area.

The role involves greeting patients, answering calls, filing, and coordinating with the healthcare team to ensure smooth patient throughput. The position requires good interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to perform general clerical tasks in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Healthcare and/or receptionist experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors, answers/screens/routes telephone calls, files, distributes mail and performs other general clerical duties.
• Communicates with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care according to protocol.
• Types various reports and documents for unit staff.
• Assists with processing patient admissions, transfers and discharges. Assembles and maintains patient charts.
• Carries out unit specific clerical functions including but not limited to time keeping, recording, reporting and distribution meeting minutes.
• Obtains a variety of needed items necessary in order to facilitate patient care.
• Assists with all aspects of patient thru put.
• Other Duties as assigned

Skills

Receptionist experience

Job description

Hartford HealthCare, including St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport, seeks a per diem clerical assistant to support an assigned clinical area.

The role involves greeting patients, answering calls, filing, and coordinating with the healthcare team to ensure smooth patient throughput. The position requires good interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to perform general clerical tasks in a fast-paced hospital setting.