What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part Time 24 Hour per week Unit Secretary/Central Supply position at Ark Healthcare & Rehabilitation at Governor’s...?
Ark Healthcare and Rehabilitation at Governor’s House, one of Hartford County’s premier leaders in Skilled Nursing Care is seeking a Part-Time-Time, 24 hour per week Unit Secretary/Central Supply Clerk to join our team of healthcare professionals.
Primary responsibilities include:
Greet Patients
Respond to patient, physician, visitor, and staff requests and concerns
Communicate center policies to patients, visitors, staff (i.e.) visiting hours, smoking policy)
Prepare name bands and other identifying tags for the patient and the patient’s assigned room/equipment
Check patients’ rooms to assure readiness for a new admission
Answer call bells and assist patients with non-clinical needs,
Send and receive documents via fax machine
Answer, screen, and process unit telephone calls while protecting patient confidentiality and take messages when appropriate
Support nursing and social services in the scheduling, tracking, and maintenance of internal and external healthcare provider appointments from admission through discharge
Schedule appointments for diagnostic testing at other facilities
Schedule transportation for patients to travel outside the center for appointments; call ahead to confirm the appropriate coordination of transportation with the transportation provider
Prepare appropriate medical records for transportation with patient to external appointment
Schedule and coordinate family members and/or CNAs to accompany patients to appointments a needed
Complete forms necessary to arrange transportation for patients
Document appointments and complete reminder cards for patient information
Ensure patient’s arrival at scheduled appointments on time
Notify and document consulting physicians of consult request
Coordination of provision of medical supplies and stocking of medical supplies
Ark Healthcare and Rehabilitation is an EOE
