Unit Secretary - Cardiovascular

Hartford HealthCare; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking a capable unit clerk at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport to perform administrative support for a clinical area.

You will greet patients, handle calls, file and distribute mail, and assist with admissions, transfers, and discharges while maintaining patient charts and unit records. Strong communication and PC skills are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1–2 years of secretarial/clerical experience preferred.
• Excellent communication skills required.
• Basic PC skills and knowledge of medical terminology required.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors, answers and screens calls, and routes inquiries.
• Communicates with patients, families, physicians and other health team members per protocol.
• Types various reports and documents for unit staff.
• Assists with patient admissions, transfers and discharges; maintains charts.
• Performs unit clerical tasks including timekeeping, recording, and meeting minutes.

Skills

Excellent communication

Ability to work under pressure

Medical terminology knowledge

PC skills

Education

High School Diploma/GED

1-2 years of clerical experience

Job description

Location Detail:

St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, over 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent’s is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network, and is the system’s second-largest hospital.

Position Summary:

Performs administrative and clerical duties in support of an assigned clinical area.

Position 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

Qualifications

Education/Work Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 1-2 years of previous secretarial/clerical experience required.
• Excellent communication skills required.
• PC skills and knowledge of medical terminology required.
• Ability to work under pressure and deadlines and balance multiple priorities required.
• Previous Unit or Medical Secretary experience preferred.
• Healthcare and/or receptionist experience preferred.

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.