Unit Secretary - DOU

Prime Healthcare Services; Garden City (MI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, is seeking a Unit Secretary to support the Med/Surg team. This part-time, day-shift position emphasizes efficient communication, accurate record-keeping, and collaboration with nursing staff in a campus with over 300 licensed beds.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma (or equivalent) and familiarity with medical terminology. A current BLS (AHA) certification is required within 6 months of hire and must be maintained.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience required for all new hires.
• Medical terminology preferred.
• Current BLS (AHA) certification within 6 months of hire and must be maintained.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates communication within the department and assists with indirect patient care.
• Transcribes physician orders from records in absence of CPOE/EMR with nursing signature.
• Prepares and files patient records and charts for daily forms.
• Orders unit supplies and ensures charts are complete for daily needs.
• Aids nursing staff with duties involving indirect patient care.

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience

BLS (AHA) certification

Job description

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare. We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties. Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at www.gch.org.

Responsibilities

The Unit Secretary is directly accountable to the Director of Med/Surg, and indirectly to the Charge Nurse, and / or House Supervisor. The Unit Secretary is an unlicensed person who performs indirect care in the department setting. Facilitates the communication needs of the department. Transcribes physician orders from records (in the absence of CPOE and EMR clinical documentation system) with notation and signature by nursing staff. Prepares and complies records on the Emergency Room. Orders supplies for the unit, prepares and completes each patients chart for necessary forms needed on a daily basis. Able to assist nursing staff for duties involving indirect patient care.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience required for all new hires, effective April 2014.2. Medical terminology preferred.3. Current BLS (AHA) certificate within 6 months of hire and maintain current.4. Experience using computers for word processing, database management preferred.

Employment Status

Part Time > 59

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf