Unit Secretary 5S Job at Naples Comprehensive Health - NCH in Naples

Overview

Unit Secretary 5S role at Naples Comprehensive Health - NCH. Location: 350 7th Street North, Naples, FL, 34102. Work Type: Full Time. Work Schedule: 12 Hour Night.

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Job Summary

The Unit Secretary position provides a vital link in the chain of Quality of Care, communicating and scheduling physician orders, relaying patients’ requests and needs to the nursing and ancillary staff. The Unit Secretary maintains the non-clinical aspects of the nursing unit.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Facilitates and coordinates physician orders, enters all appropriate nursing orders into PowerChart and maintains paper chart order.
• Maintains supplies, prepares reports and maintains unit records under the direction of the charge nurse or department manager.
• Assists and prioritizes non-clinical aspects of admission, discharges and transfers of patients, including hospital-to-hospital transfers via ground transport, helicopter and air ambulance.
• Maintains patient records by entering data according to the Healthcare System’s policy and procedures, preserving confidentiality, checking for deficiencies, and providing forms as necessary. Ensures forms are signed and complete.
• Answers patient call lights promptly and courteously, prioritizes patient requests and communicates them to the appropriate resource.
• Greets visitors and ancillary staff; assists or redirects to appropriate departments within the NCH Healthcare system.
• Performs errands as necessary, including obtaining and returning supplies to Central Supply, Pharmacy, Lab, Dietary, etc.
• Demonstrates knowledge of patients currently on the unit; maintains polite and clear phone etiquette.
• Restocks supplies in the department as needed and demonstrates effective organizational and multitasking skills.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Minimum of High School or GED required.
• Intermediate computer knowledge: uses Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Administrative
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care

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