Unit Secretary - Emergency Department

Prime Healthcare; Woonsocket (RI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, RI, part of Prime Healthcare, seeks a Unit Secretary for the Emergency Room to join a dedicated team. The 24-hour week schedule runs 2:45 pm to 11:15 pm, evenings, providing essential support in a fast-paced environment.

The role involves facilitating department communications, transcribing physician orders when CPOE/EMR is unavailable, and preparing charts and records for daily needs.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience required for all new hires.
• Medical terminology preferred.
• Current BLS certificate within 6 months of hire and maintain current.
• Experience using computers for word processing, database management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the communication needs of the department and transcribes physician orders when the CPOE/EMR system is unavailable.
• Prepares and compiles patient records and charts for daily needs in the Emergency Room.
• Orders supplies for the unit and supports nursing staff with indirect patient care.

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience

Medical terminology

Current BLS within 6 months

Computer literacy (word processing, databases)

Job description

Overview

At Landmark Medical Center, our dedicated team of professionals is committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, Landmark Medical Center is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!

Landmark Medical Center is a 214-bed acute care hospital in Woonsocket, RI. The hospital has been “A"rated for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group and has received numerous Healthgrades awards for patient safety excellence, heart care, and orthopedics. Originally known as the "Woonsocket Hospital", Landmark Medical Center has been serving the communities of northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts since 1873. Learn more at www.landmarkmedical.org.

24hrs/week

2:45 - 11:15pm

Responsibilities

The Unit Secretary is directly accountable to the Director of Emergency Room, 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 certificate within 6 months of hire and maintain current.

4. Experience using computers for word processing, database management preferred.

Employment Status

Part Time < 60

Shift

Evenings

Equal Employment Opportunity

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