Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital · 1 month ago
Unit Secretary Mother Baby Part Time Nights
Lake Forest, IL
Part-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelNorthwestern Medicine is committed to delivering world-class care and is seeking a Unit Secretary to support their mission. The Unit Secretary will provide exemplary customer service, assist with patient communications, manage health information, and coordinate admissions and discharges within the medical unit.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Demonstrates exemplary customer service skills, including the ability to use appropriate judgment, independent thinking and creativity when resolving issues
Answers phones and aids accordingly
Communicates with patients and visitors including greeting them upon arrival and providing necessary information related to their visit
Responds to patient call lights and requests for assistance in a professional and timely manner
Facilitates obtaining a hard copy of the patient’s health information and scanning into Electronic Medical Record
Manages admissions and discharges through Electronic Bed Board
Provides clinical staff with medical records of treatment of patients and correct flow of patient and maintains logbook
Coordinates and assists in transfer process for patients to another hospital
Assures patient care unit readiness for EMR downtime and facilitates data recovery following downtime
Orders departmental forms, supplies, and request engineering/biomed equipment repair. Construct departmental folders as needed
Maintains staff phone list for department
Participates in performance improvement activities that advance innovative processes to achieve unit targets and exceptional performance
Competency in ICARE
All other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
High School diploma or equivalent
Efficient computer skills
Preferred
Experience in EMR order entry and documentation
Benefits
$10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
$10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
$1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
$250 Wellbeing Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
Matching 401(k)
Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
Life insurance
Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
Paid time off and Holiday pay
Company
Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital is a 201-bed community hospital with 700 physicians board-certified in 90 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Kasia Gebicz
Clinical Coordinator, BSN, CNOR
Kristi Sparks
Executive Assistant to Chief Nursing Officer
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