Unit Secretary - ICU - Per Diem
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Mohawk Valley Health System
NY
Summary
The Unit Secretary provides clerical and public relations support to the nursing unit, physicians, and patients. Key duties include managing medical records, transcribing orders, and coordinating communication within the ICU.
Job Description
Job Summary
Under the direct supervision of the nurse manager or designee, the unit secretary directly supports all members of the nursing unit and indirectly with other ancillary departments, physicians, patients, and their families.
Core Job Responsibilities
- Perform clerical and public relations duties on a nursing unit
- Provide quality non-direct patient care and non-clinical services by accurate and complete management of the patient medical record
- Maintain patient charts in appropriate and sequential order, per policy
- Alert appropriate personnel in emergency situations
- Transcribes appropriate and accurate information on patient records
- File reports and test results
- Set priorities, separates emergency/stat orders and requests from regular workflow
- Post and remove all departmental bulletin board notices. Ensure postings are timely and the most recent version
- Transport medications as defined and authorized by Pharmacy Services
- Perform other duties as required.
Education/Experience Requirements
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Completion of a secretarial certification course or equivalent experience
- Ability to transcribe orders accurately within 3 months of hire
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
PREFERRED:
- Experience with Medical Terminology
Licensure/Certification Requirements
Disclaimer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Job Details
Req Id 98374
Department INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Shift Variable
Shift Hours Worked 12.00
FTE 0.15
Work Schedule HRLY NON-UNION
Employee Status A7 - Occasional
Union Non-Union
Pay Range $17 - $23 per hour
Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) and St. Elizabeth Medical Center (SEMC) affiliated as the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) effective March 2014. MVHS is governed by a single, 18-member board of directors, with nine members from FSLH’s board and nine from SEMC’s board. The system is operated by a single management team.
The MVHS serves the geographic area of Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties and is an integrated delivery system with 4,200 full-time equivalent employees and a combined operating budget of $537 million.
Please view our online comment policy at www.faxtonstlukes.com/online-commenting-policy.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New Hartford, New York
Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) and St. Elizabeth Medical Center (SEMC) affiliated as the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) effective March 2014. MVHS is governed by a single, 18-member board of directors, with nine members from FSLH’s board and nine from SEMC’s board. The system is operated by a single management team.
The MVHS serves the geographic area of Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties and is an integrated delivery system with 4,200 full-time equivalent employees and a combined operating budget of $537 million.
Please view our online comment policy at www.faxtonstlukes.com/online-commenting-policy.
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New Hartford, New York