Unit Secretary - San Antonio
1 day ago
Job description
Our 27-bed Emergency Department is designated as a Level 4 Trauma Center. The ED is capable of providing emergency, urgent and non-urgent care to patients of all ages. Patients in need of medical-surgical and sub-specialty services are seen and treated in the Emergency Department.The patients seeking care have a wide range of needs from basic ambulatory care to trauma intervention and life support.
We are a primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) center and Primary Stroke Center.Currently working on an ED expansion plan to include the addition of patient treatments rooms as well as CT, X-Ray and Laboratory all located inside the Emergency Department.
CHRISTUS Health has a very strict Code of Ethics Guide. It is implemented in the highest standards and is part of our everyday responsibilities.Our actions are filled with a spirit of mutual respect, which encourages us to treat those we serve with compassion, respect and dignity.
Do you want to work in a friendly, professional and supportive faith-based organization? Come and join our Westover hills familySummary
Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, performs duties of a clerical and non-nursing nature on the nursing units.
Activities include serving as a receptionist for the unit, transcribing orders and requesting items for patient care, and assisting with maintaining patient, unit, and hospital records.
Responsibilities
Serves as a receptionist for the nursing unit; answers the telephone, takes and delivers messages, and offers to assist and answer inquiries of a general nature for patients, families, physicians, and visitors, including answering patient call lights.
Sorts and delivers interdepartmental mail.
Maintains unit records and admission/dismissal log books.
Prepares and transcribes physician orders for verification by registered nurse.
Reviews and organizes patient chart with all forms properly identified.
Performs clerical duties related to admissions, transfers, discharges and death, notifying appropriate departments and staff, and assembling chart forms.
Completes requisition forms and enters orders into the computer for central supply items, and diagnostic or therapeutic patient services.
Routes charts and / or lab work to other departments as required for diagnostic and therapeutic services. Assembles dismissal charts and routes them to Medical Records.
Maintains stock supplies in the unit. Reports requests for par level changes and/or non-stock needs.
Assists with maintenance of equipment. Routes broken equipment to Maintenance and/or appropriately uses Meditech, Maintenance Log and Central Work Order to request repair. Contacts Clinical Engineering when required.
Requests diets and checks meal trays for accuracy. Collects late trays from the dumbwaiter.
Communicates effectively with team members and unit secretary from other shifts. Provides oncoming shift secretary with accurate report.
Assures patient charges are appropriately entered. Verifies and reconciles charges each shift.
Responds to emergency situations according to defined procedures including infant security system alarms.
Demonstrates competence to perform assigned responsibilities in a manner that meets the age specific and developmental needs of clients served by the department.
Appropriately adapts assigned assessment, treatment and/or service methods to accommodate the unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, age specific and other developmental needs of each client served.
Demonstrates adherence to the core values of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care.Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
High school diploma or equivalent is required.
Graduation from an approved unit clerk program or previous experience as a unit secretary is preferred.
CPR certification is preferred.
Work Schedule
7PM - 7AM
Work Type
Full Time
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