Unit Secretary, Transitional Care Unit

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Toms River, NJ 08755, USA -

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Immediate30 Dec, 2024Not Specified03 Oct, 2024N/AFiling,Ged,TypingNoNo
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Description:

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

Responsibilities:

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.


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)

Hospital/Health Care

Pharma / Biotech / Healthcare / Medical / R&D

Office Administration

Diploma

Proficient

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Toms River, NJ 08755, USA