Unit Secretary - Wound Care

Mission Regional Medical Center; Mission (TX); Vor Ort; USD 32.000 - 40.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas, is seeking a Unit Secretary to join its patient-care team. The role supports nursing staff, handles communications, transcribes orders, and prepares ER records.

You will order unit supplies, organize patient charts daily, and assist with indirect patient care. A high school diploma and basic medical terminology are required, with a current BLS certification encouraged.

Qualifikationen

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

Aufgaben

• Facilitates the communication needs of the department and transcribes physician orders
• Prepares and compiles records on the Emergency Room
• Orders supplies for the unit and prepares each patient's chart for necessary forms
• Able to assist nursing staff with duties involving indirect patient care

Kenntnisse

Medical terminology

Computer literacy

Ausbildung

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Current BLS (AHA) certificate

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

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

Overview

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

Mission Regional Medical Center is a 297-bed, non-profit hospital that provides inpatient and outpatient hospital services to the people of the Rio Grande Valley. Rated one of the top hospitals in the country for clinical excellence in many services including maternity and orthopedic care, Mission Regional Medical Center has been offering quality healthcare, close to home, for over 60 years. For more information visit www.missionrmc.org.

Responsibilities

The Unit Secretary is directly accountable to the Director, 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 and Work Experience

• High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience required for all new hires, effective April 2014.
• Medical terminology preferred.
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate within 6 months of hire and maintain current.
• Experience using computers for word processing, database management preferred

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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