Unit Secretary/Coordinator - PT, Days (DH Psych Unit)

Northwell Health; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 23,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health’s Danbury Hospital is seeking a unit clerk for the Psych Unit. This role provides clerical support, coordinates general unit activity and communicates clearly with patients, families, and the healthcare team.

Responsibilities include answering phones, organizing and maintaining patient records, managing supplies, preparing charts, and assisting with patient care activities. A HS diploma/equivalent and data entry skills are required.

Qualifications

• Data entry required.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist with clerical needs of the unit and support unit management.
• Answer phones, call bells, and interact with visitors, patients and staff in an efficient and courteous manner.
• Provide input to charge nurse/clinical leader/manager on staffing.
• Organize and maintain patient records.
• Manage and maintain unit supplies within budgetary constraints.
• Prepare and maintain charts while ensuring patient confidentiality.
• Provide care appropriate to the age of the patients on the assigned unit.
• Foster effective working relationships with health care team members and patients.
• Maintain a safe and orderly work environment.
• Follows standards of service excellence and fulfils all compliance responsibilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data entry

Medical terminology

Prioritization

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Summary

Provides clerical support, coordinates general unit activity and communicates clearly with all disciplines. Assists with patient care activities and other tasks on the unit.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and performs clerical needs of the unit & unit management in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent & continuous manner.
• Answers phones, call bell and interacts with visitors, patients & staff members in an efficient & courteous manner.
• Provides input to charge nurse/clinical leader/manager with unit staffing process.
• Organizes and maintains patient records.
• Manages and maintains various unit supplies within budgetary constraints.
• Prepares and maintains charts for all patients insuring confidentiality for patients & their families at all times.
• Provides care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his/her assigned unit.
• Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members & patients.
• Maintains a safe and orderly work environment.
• Follows WCHN standards of service excellence.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education Skills Experience

HS GRAD/EQUIVALENT

Other Information

Required: Data entry required. Knowledge of medical terminology. Ability to prioritize tasks.

Minimum Experience: six months

Desired

Working Conditions:

• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
• Occupational: Little or no potential for occupational risk
• Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force
• Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.

Company: Danbury Hospital

Org Unit: 91

Department: Psych Unit

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $17.00 - $28.50 Hourly