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MedStar Health is looking for a Unit Secretary to join our team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the Nursing Unit 1F. This position is full-time and will be (3) 12-hour shifts per week from 7 : 00 PM – 7 : 00 AM with rotating weekends. The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of standard office / medical equipment (computer, data terminal, printer, calculator, telephone, facsimile, copier, sterilizing equipment, blood pressure cuff, or tables).
As a Unit Secretary, you will perform various clerical support activities for a nursing unit, ensuring the timely, efficient, and organized flow of operations for the assigned nursing station / area.
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Primary Duties :
- Greets patients, visitors, and / or physicians and provides appropriate assistance.
- Answers incoming telephone calls to the unit, including STATS, patient call system requests, and other alarms as needed, telemetry phone. Relays all messages as needed.
- Monitors and responds to requests for ingress and egress for units with locked access controls.
- Facilitates and prepares for MedConnect Downtime. Faxes orders to pharmacy and other appropriate areas such as dietary and radiology.
- Transcribes orders to Kardex; prepares MAR and ensures MC downtime forms are complete and ready.
- Enters / updates unit charges into the computer as applicable.
- Troubleshoots basic equipment. Reports and follows up with BioMed (or outside company) for any repair needs.
- Initiates and completes clerical functions regarding the admission, discharge, and transfer of patients.
- Coordinates with the Resource nurse and the primary nurses of patients accordingly.
- Files hard copies such as face sheets and paper orders in the appropriate patient medical chart.
- Thins patient medical chart, prepares new chart, and facilitates discharged patient’s chart to Health Information Management (HIM) department.
- Assists in maintaining unit supplies / equipment by monitoring inventory levels, ordering supplies, and completing appropriate logs.
- Maintains unit device inventories as applicable, such as telemetry boxes, associates’ work phones, locators, handheld devices, WOWs.
- Checks and ensures appropriate unit items such as O2 tanks, chair alarms, etc.
- Manages the Logi-D supply system.
- Uses different electronic systems appropriate for a unit secretary, such as MedConnect, the Nurse Call system, Teletracking, etc.
- Enters / adds non-clinical orders such as equipment (beds and medical supplies).
- Determines new orders for review and alerts nurse (discharges, stat orders, etc.).
- Runs reports on different quality indicators such as fall risk patients, central lines, foley catheters, flu vaccine, etc.
- Enters patient-nurse and PCT (Patient Care Technician) assignment. Ensures all staff are logged in.
- Answers consoles and relays messages. Checks associates’ work phone every shift and assigns to staff.
- Updates assignments as needed. Checks assignments and admissions / transfers and relays updates to resource as needed.
- Enters requests such as bed requests, transport, and item requests. Orders unit supply needs for supervisor’s approval.
- Cross-covers for other nursing units and gives report to on-coming Unit Secretary or nursing associates at completion of assigned shift.
- Maintains a clean, organized, and efficient workstation.
- Distributes patient mail, messages, flowers, etc. Maintains and coordinates clearing of unit hallways such as beds for pick-up.
- Assists with training of new unit secretaries.
- Maintains daily census / nursing assignment boards and / or nursing assignment information sheets. Posts and updates assignment boards for physicians, APPs, Respiratory Therapist, IV Therapist, and other ancillary associates.
Qualifications :
High School Diploma or GED
Hospital or clerical experience demonstrating good working familiarity with typing / computer keyboarding and medical terminology familiarity.
This position has a hiring range of $18.875 - $28.399.
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Salary : $18,875 - $28,399
