Unit Secretary Butler Per Diem

Butler; Providence (RI); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 39 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Butler Hospital in Providence, RI is seeking a Unit Secretary to perform clerical duties on a nursing or clinical unit. You will follow confidentiality expectations, support staff, patients, and families, and adhere to hospital policies.

Typical duties include charting, communications, and coordinating with clinical teams. The role requires a high school diploma, clerical experience, and the ability to work under stress in a busy hospital environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with English, typing, spelling and arithmetic.
• Experience in clerical work is required.
• Must be able to perform duties under stress and in a busy environment.

Responsabilités

• Observing general hospital and departmental policies, guiding principles, rules and regulations.
• Maintaining patient charts and electronic medical records for admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Working within electronic system to ensure labs and orders are tended to in a timely manner.
• Reporting needed repairs to related services.
• Making emergency phone calls as directed.
• Answering telephone and relaying messages accordingly.
• Adhering to Butler Hospital’s service standards.
• Managing unit census/daily attendance and reporting attendance numbers daily.
• Maintaining supply orders for designated units.
• Maintaining supply of all necessary forms/packets/patient folders.
• Managing incoming faxes and telephone calls.
• Assisting patients locate appropriate clinical staff to get their needs addressed.
• Performing various other clerical duties on unit to support clinical staff.

Connaissances

Clerical experience

Ability to work under stress

Formation

High school diploma or equivalent

Description du poste

Job Summary

The Unit Secretary performs clerical duties on a nursing or clinical unit. They follow confidentiality expectations and facilitate an atmosphere of cooperation by being professional, pleasant, and helpful to the staff, patients, and families. They observe all general hospital and departmental policies, guiding principles, rules and regulations. They attend orientation and complete ongoing in-service education as required.

Job Summary

The Unit Secretary performs clerical duties on a nursing or clinical unit. They follow confidentiality expectations and facilitate an atmosphere of cooperation by being professional, pleasant, and helpful to the staff, patients, and families. They observe all general hospital and departmental policies, guiding principles, rules and regulations. They attend orientation and complete ongoing in-service education as required.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Observing all general hospital and departmental policies, guiding principles, rules and regulations.
• Maintaining patient charts and electronic medical record for admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Working within electronic system to ensure labs and other communications / orders are tended to in a timely manner.
• Reporting needed repairs to related services.
• Making emergency phone calls as directed.
• Answering telephone and relaying messages accordingly.
• Adhering to Butler Hospital’s service standards.
• Managing unit census/daily attendance and reporting attendance numbers daily.
• Maintaining supply orders for designated units.
• Maintaining supply of all necessary forms/packets/patient folders.
• Managing incoming faxes and telephone calls.
• Assisting patients locate appropriate clinical staff to get their needs addressed.
• Performing various other clerical duties as needed on unit to support clinical staff, or as assigned by program manager, including data entry (ie BASIS or other scales), mailing patient information packets, calling patients to provide basic information.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent, including course in English, typing, spelling and arithmetic.
• Experience in clerical work is required.
• On-the-job training in practices and procedures of the hospital and certain medical terminology.
• Must be able to perform duties under stress and in a busy environment.

Butler Hospital is seeking candidates who can offer weekday/daytime coverage hours as a Per Diem Unit Secretary for our Partial Hospital and Intensive Outpatient Programs (ambulatory programs).

About Us

Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions, Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, is a trusted, integrated health care organization that fuels the latest advances in medical research, attracts the nation’s top specialty-trained doctors, hones renowned services and innovative programs, and engages in the important discussions people need to have about their health and end-of-life wishes. Care New England is helping to transform the future of health care, providing a leading voice in the ongoing effort to ensure the health of the individuals and communities we serve.

EEO Statements

Americans with Disability Act Statement: External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

EEOC Statement: Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status

Ethics Statement: Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.