Unit Secretary (Per Diem)

Hartford HealthCare; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport is seeking a per diem Administrative Clerk to support an assigned clinical area.

You will greet patients, screen calls, file and distribute mail, and assist with admissions, transfers and discharges, ensuring chart accuracy and timely information flow. Ideal candidates have healthcare or receptionist experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to balance busy workloads.

Qualifications

• Healthcare or receptionist experience preferred.
• Greet patients and families, answer calls, file and distribute mail.

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.
• Maintains timekeeping, records and distribution meeting minutes and obtains needed items for patient care.

Skills

Receptionist experience

Healthcare experience

Communication skills

Telephone etiquette

Job description

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Shift Detail: Monday thru Friday, per diem position. Hours may vary.

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.

Job Summary

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

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

Work Experience:

• 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.