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St. Mary's General Hospital · 1 day ago

Unit Secretary - Behavioral Health

Passaic, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$15.49/hr - $20.50/hr

2+ years exp

St. Mary's General Hospital is a community-based tertiary medical center focused on providing quality, compassionate care. They are seeking a Unit Secretary for the Behavioral Health Services department, responsible for facilitating communication, transcribing physician orders, and preparing patient records.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

The Unit Secretary is directly accountable to the Director of Behavioral Health Services, and indirectly to the Charge Nurse and/or House Supervisor

The Unit Secretary is an unlicensed person who performs indirect care in the department setting

Facilitates the communication needs of the department

Transcribes physician orders from records (in the absence of CPOE and EMR clinical documentation system) with notation and signature by nursing staff

Prepares and compiles records on the Behavioral Health Unit

Orders supplies for the unit, prepares and completes each patient's chart for necessary forms needed on a daily basis

Able to assist nursing staff for duties involving indirect patient care

Qualification

BLS certificationMedical terminologyBehavioral Health knowledgeMicrosoft OfficeWord processingDatabase managementSpreadsheets

Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent or relevant experience required for all new hires, effective April 2014

Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current

Patient Rights Education/Competency within 60 days of hire and maintain current as deemed necessary

Preferred

Medical terminology preferred

Working knowledge of the continuum of care for Behavioral Health preferred

Two years of experience using computers for word processing, database management and spreadsheets preferred; (Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook & Excel preferred)