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Heywood Healthcare · 1 month ago

Unit Secretary, Surgical Day Care, Per Diem, 6:30am - 3:00pm, Monday - Friday days, No holidays or weekends

US-MA-Gardner

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$18.50/hr - $24.41/hr

1+ years exp

Heywood Healthcare is a valued employer offering competitive wages and benefits. The Unit Secretary for Surgical Day Care plays a crucial role in supporting clinical staff, managing patient records, and ensuring smooth operations within the department.

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Responsibilities

Provides clerical support to clinical staff (e.g. maintains unit files, organizes patient care record, prepares admission and pre-op charts, etc)

Under direction of nurse, makes all appropriate arrangements for outside services, transfers, and ambulance services in a timely manner

Appropriately prioritizes tasks adjusting to changing workload as necessary (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes emergency situations, etc.)

Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/or removes safety hazards)

Performs thorough, timely, and accurate transcription of physicians’ orders (including entering into Meditech OE module where utilized)

Provides clerical support for the Manager and Team Leader to ensure all needed information is communicated to other parties and so that reports and projects are completed accurately and on time

Participates in the learning for colleagues and self (e.g. assist with orientation of new staff in-services, educational programs, etc.)

Inputs all pertinent patient data for surgical scheduling such as patient records, labs, reports consent forms, etc… in collaboration with physician office

Prints, posts and updates schedules on a daily basis

Supports physicians and nursing staff in patient care coordination

Establishes and maintains a good working relationship with patients, physicians, physician's office staff, visitors and other members of the health care team through responsiveness, accuracy of information and professionalism

Coordinates the flow of patients entering and leaving the department to ensure smooth functioning of the department

Assumes day-to-day responsibility for booked surgical procedures in order to maintain a surgical schedule

Ensures surgical and PAT bookings reflect pertinent patient information such as patient information, type of surgery, assistants and special needs

Works collaboratively with the Team Leader / Charge Nurse to keep them informed of changes in the schedule and other pertinent information

Updates and correctly logs surgical cases on a daily basis

Enters patient charges in the computer on a daily basis

Creates copies and distributes reports and statistics as needed for daily and monthly projects and activities

Records, types and distributes staff meeting minutes on a monthly basis

Qualification

MeditechAthenaMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMedical terminologyWord processing skillsComputer skillsMultitaskingPrioritizationCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills