Unit Secretary - Nights

DVS V3; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement match (5%)

Education assistance up to $5,250/year

Student loan assistance up to $10,000

Mental health coaching or therapy 25 S

Paid time off and parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Remote and hybrid career opportunities

Job summary

Inova Alexandria Hospital is seeking a dedicated Unit Secretary to join the Intermediate Cardiac Unit (ICU) team. This full-time position features 12-hour night shifts, every other weekend, totaling 36 hours per week, and responsibilities across clerical and patient-record related tasks.

You will support efficient unit operations, maintain medical records and databases, greet patients, coordinate with nurses and admissions, and help prepare charts and reports.

Qualifications

• Education requirement: High School diploma or GED.
• Certification: BLS if also works as a Clinical Technician.
• Preferred: healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs clerical tasks and unit-specific work to support efficient operations.
• Maintains and updates physician and lab databases; manages forms and supplies.
• Attends staff and committee meetings; records minutes and prepares unit charges.
• Safeguards confidential patient information; manages patient charts per Medical Records guidelines.
• Files and updates test results and discharge times in patient charts.
• Answers call bells and triages patient needs within time guidelines.
• Coordinates admissions, transfers, and scheduling of diagnostic tests and labs.
• Greets patients and visitors; provides directions and unit information; ensures desk coverage.

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Inova Alexandria Hospital is seeking a dedicated Unit Secretary to join the Intermediate Cardiac Unit (ICU) team. This role will be full-time 12-hour Night shifts, every other weekend, 36-hours per week .

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Unit Secretary Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of clerical activities and unit specific work to support efficient department operations; Copies and faxes records and other information as needed.
• Maintains and updates physician and lab databases; Maintains forms and clerical supplies and ensures maintenance of medical supplies based on par levels.
• Attend staff and committee meetings and records minutes as requested; Prepares unit charges as appropriate for specific unit needs.
• Provides support to ensure effective maintenance of confidential patient information; Creates, maintains, and terminates patient charts in compliance with Medical Records guidelines; Ensures the integrity of the medical record, including patient identification on all chart forms.
• Obtains and files test results, lab reports and treatment in charts; Update patient charts in GECE/IDX with the time of discharge and moves them to EDDIS in a timely manner; Runs and distributes EPIC reports as requested by leader.
• Assists in answering call bells and communicating specific patient needs to staff; Triages and escalates patient issues to next care provider if time exceeds 5 minutes or sooner as appropriate.
• Facilitates the movement of patients into and out of unit and keeps the Charge nurse informed of patients to be admitted or transferred; Coordinates with nurses, patient transport and admission personnel regarding admissions and transfers; Schedule diagnostic tests and lab work as prescribed by nursing and medical staff.
• Greets patients, families and visitors as they enter the unit. Provides non-clinical information (e.g. directions to a department, location of a patient's room, identification of assigned nurse) to patients, family members, visitors, staff, and physicians; Monitors patient and visitor movements at the nursing station and provide information to facilitate prompt patient care; Ensures that the desk always remains covered.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: High School or GED.
• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) if also works as a Clinical Technician.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: Healthcare and previous EPIC experience.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy‑related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.