Unit Secretary - IRF

Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, is building a new rehabilitation hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Youngstown. Expected to open in 2024, this 60-bed, 66,000-square-foot, two-story, inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital operating jointly with Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Mercy Health, is more than a job. It’s a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the Mahoning Valley who need continued care to recover completely.

Our benefits

New competitive pay rates

Various shift availabilities

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Low nurse-to-patient ratios

Expansive benefit package

Professional development and advancement opportunities

Targeted approach to career development

Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities

Superior quality patient outcomes

Supportive leadership and culture

CEU Support

State-of-the-art equipment

What you will do in this role:

• Ensures visitors are acknowledged quickly and helps direct them and answer any questions
• Initiates medical record upon admission.  Maintains said record during patient stay, and closes the record upon patient discharge within the electronic medical record
• Initiates follow-up regarding doctors’ orders
• Serves as unit receptionist for incoming and outgoing calls and visitor information
• Interacts frequently with unit personnel, physicians, visitors, patients’ families and other ancillary hospital personnel for the purpose of giving and receiving information
• Has contact with patients.  Duties may include answering patient lights, and fulfilling patient request for non-care items, attend appointments with patients, working in the café.   Requires professional, courteous, and helpful manner in all contacts with customers

• High school diploma required, with two years of college level education preferred
• Computer experience required
• Prior experience in a hospital setting is preferred
• Must have the ability to work with all levels of medical personnel, patients and families
• Ability to speak and write concisely with knowledge of medical terminology desirable

Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. Our rehabilitation programs provide ongoing care and specialized treatment to patients throughout their recovery journey. We offer customized, intense rehabilitation tailored to the individual needs of those recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation, and orthopedic injury.