Unit Secretary

Davita Inc.; Seneca (SC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Unit Secretary to support hospital staff with clerical and administrative tasks. The role involves providing excellent customer service to patients and visitors while maintaining a safe and organized environment. This is an entry-level position ideal for those looking to start a career in healthcare with on-the-job training options available.

Qualifications

• Education can be substituted with 6 months of related healthcare experience.
• No prior experience is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Perform clerical duties at the nurse's station, including phone response.
• Manage inventory of supplies and ordering as needed.
• Maintain a safe and functional environment per regulatory standards.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Organization

Education

Unit Secretary training program or equivalent

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, provides excellent customer service while providing clerical and administrative services; monitoring, ordering, and stocking supplies; and maintaining a safe work environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Establishes and maintains excellent rapport with Registered Nurses, physicians, and with unit and hospital staff. Establishes and maintains excellent rapport and public relations with patients, families, and visitors.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Performs effective customer service skills, to include, but not limited to, responding to patients, family and staff with kindness, courtesy, professionalism and efficiency; walking visitors to their destination, answering phones/intercoms in a friendly manner. Participates in patient care rounding in collaboration with unit staff to include daily introductions to patient/families with the use of AIDET.

• Manages ordering, stocking, and inventory of equipment and supplies in collaboration with nurse manager. Unit operation responsibilities include but not limited to daily monitoring of supplies, ordering office supplies, ordering special supplies, monitoring PAR levels of supplies, and maintaining/organizing unit supply rooms.

• Performs general reception and clerical duties at the nurse's station, including responding to patient calls via intercom or in person.Provides administrative and clerical support as needed for unit but not limited to data entry, meeting minutes, maintaining bulletin boards, and organizing downtime forms.

• Coordinates the maintenance of a safe, clean, and functional physical environment in accordance with regulatory standards.

• Monitors designated patient safety systems for alerts and immediately notifies the appropriate RN.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Unit Secretary training program or unit-based on-the-job training

• Experience - No experience required.

In Lieu Of

• In lieu of Unit Secretary training, will accept 6 months experience in a related healthcare setting or field or as an Administrative Assistant.

• In lieu of a US training course or 6 months healthcare or clerical experience, will accept completion of nursing fundamentals course.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Location

Oconee Medical Campus

Facility

1064 Oconee Memorial Hospital

Department

10646780 Emergency Department

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