Unit Secretary - 5 East

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare; Chesapeake (VA); Presencial; USD 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is seeking a Unit Secretary for the Surgical Admitting Unit (SAU). The role focuses on reception, clerical and transcription duties, and effective communication to support efficient unit operations.

Responsibilities include handling calls, locating families, labeling patient charts and coordinating with departments to track belongings. Requires a high school diploma with Medical Terminology coursework and at least one year of secretarial experience in a medical

Formación

• High school diploma or equivalent with course in Medical Terminology.
• One (1) year or more secretarial experience required; medical secretary preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as receptionist for the Surgical Admitting Unit (SAU); handle multiple phone calls and relay messages.
• Assist in locating families in waiting rooms and track patient belongings.
• Label patient charts and organize unit communications; ensure prompt access to patient information.
• Support compliance with hospital accreditation and in-services; participate in unit fiscal goals.

Conocimientos

Reception duties

Medical terminology

Clerical/secretarial

Effective communication

Multitasking

Educación

High school diploma with medical terminology

Descripción del empleo

Unit Secretary

The Unit Secretary is responsible for serving as a receptionist in the Surgical Admitting Unit (SAU). The Unit Secretary fulfills the clerical/transcription duties of the department, and utilizes effective communication skills to enable the efficient functioning of the unit.

Unit Secretary

The Unit Secretary is responsible for serving as a receptionist in the Surgical Admitting Unit (SAU). The Unit Secretary fulfills the clerical/transcription duties of the department, and utilizes effective communication skills to enable the efficient functioning of the unit.

These duties and responsibilities described below represent the general tasks performed on a daily basis; other tasks may be assigned.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Utilize the computer to promptly and accurately look up needed patient information. To inform patient/family members of the location of the surgical patient.
• Assist surgeon in location of families in waiting room
• Collaborate with departments to ensure tracking of patient belongings.
• Collaborate with PSAT to properly label patient hard charts.
• Upon patient arrival, ensure tracking numbers are assigned and given to patient/family.
• Serve as the receptionist for the SAU by answering multiple phone calls at one time; taking accurate messages and relaying them to the intended recipient in a timely fashion; maintaining order forms, office supplies, and nourishments as needed in a cost-effective manner; directing traffic during emergencies; and maintaining a working knowledge of equipment
• Organize and reprioritize work base on patients’ needs, available resources, and unit requirements
• Support compliance with hospital accreditation, state licensure, and other external accrediting agency requirements
• Review unit/department communication to maintain current working knowledge of job responsibilities; this includes attendance at mandatory in-services
• Participate in unit/departmental fiscal goals (conserve resources; contribute to capture of patient charges and revenue generation)
• Assist in the orienting of new personnel by providing constructive feedback and coaching
• Complete employee incident reports and contribute information to complete incident, medication variance, and infection control variance reports
• Report environmental safety hazards, including damaged and broken equipment
• Respond to patient alarms in a timely fashion
• Ensure emergency readiness and initiate timely emergency measures as appropriate according to role responsibilities
• Attend required hospital-wide orientations, staff meetings, meetings, and in-services
• Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care

Minimum Required Education

High school diploma or equivalent with course(s) in Medical Terminology

Experience

One (1) or more years’ secretarial experience required; experience as a medical secretary is preferred

Certifications/Licensure

There are no certifications/licensures required for this position.