Unit Secretary, Transitional Care Unit

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000169243
Category: Clerical / Administrative Support
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: Community Medical Center
Department: Transitional Care Unit

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred:

• Clerical experience to include typing and filing preferred

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Per-Diem
• Days

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Alerts nursing staff to new medical orders and test procedural results,
• Answer telephones properly and relays information to appropriate person,
• Assembles and disassembles designated charts appropriately,
• Assist nurses by picking up and delivering blood, blood derivatives, specimens, medications and charts as requested,
• Assists as directed with PI activities such as data collection,
• Demonstrates competency in Pain Management by reporting patients pain intensity to staff nurse,
• Ensures a safe environment in aspects of care, equipment and treatment,
• Enters medical orders in Clinical Information System as per hospital policy,
• Identifies and reports potential and actual patient safety issues,
• Keeps medical record complete and in order,
• Maintain unit supplies at appropriate par levels,
• Maintains communication with the Bed Controller and cooperates with room assignments
• Notifies appropriate departments of patient expirations and attaches death certificate to medical record for attending MD signature,
• Notifies nurse upon arrival of an admission and calls attending physician if admission orders are needed,
• Direct admission ensures all parts of patient records are properly identified by use of patient identification label,
• Participates in statusing nurse collected specimens and obtains transmittal slip from the printer to be placed on the specimen,
• Delivers specimens as needed,
• Participates in unit based patient satisfaction: 1,
• Hourly rounding-inpatient rooms, assist patient as needed, water, get assistance,
• Greeting patients and family on admission
• Answer call bells as needed
• Patient call backs,
• Assist in discharge process
• Performs environmental rounds on a weekly basis, including patient and non-patient areas
• Performs required clerical work relating to the admission, transfer and discharge of a patient,
• Recognizes patients who may be experiencing pain and reports to the RN
• Recognizes stat and rush Lab results and alerts the Nurse in charge
• Reviews charts for needed forms
• Charts TPR, B/P for their shift on graphic reports records
• Attaches all diagnostic reports to chart
• Reviews daily medical order sheets for x-ray, dates and enters properly x-ray prep and lab prep via Clinical Information Systems, as necessary
• Secures needed unit services as directed by Director of Patient Care and/or Assistant Director of Patient Care ie: Maintenance, Housekeeping, Security

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.