Unit Secretary

What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital? It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do. It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given. It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare. It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.

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Job Title: Unit Secretary

Department: Rehab Services

Status: Full Time

Schedule: 8am-4:30pm

Summary/Objective

Responsible for assisting with departmental functioning in rehabilitation services per instruction of the Rehab Services Director. Assists with patient care appropriate to skill level when other staff assistant resources are exhausted.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Maintains and continuously updates patient schedules for clinic, nursing home and hospital rehab patients.

2. Maintains inventory of administrative supplies for the office area at appropriate stock levels for the clinic.

3. Is responsible for answering phones, relaying messages in verbal and/or written form using duplicate books.

4. Is responsible for providing patients insurance forms and receives completed forms prior to therapy evaluation.

5. Assists with rescheduling when staff members are away from the clinic due to illness, emergency, etc.

6. Maintain a filing system in a manner which is easily accessible to staff for form, patient records, etc.

7. Assists clinic treatment as needed and predetermined by the physical or occupational therapist in accordance with aide training.

8. Enters in the computer treatments administered by staff as reported following treatment on appropriate documents for billing.

9. Records patient charges and sends them to the information systems department/billing office.

10. Assists with reports for quality assessment programs.

11. Interacts with patients/families and answers questions regarding treatment, scheduling, etc.

12. Ensures patient safety at all times when the patient is under the responsibility of the department.

13. Is constantly conscious of unsafe or potentially unsafe working conditions and makes every effort to correct or report those hazards to the proper person.

14. Contributes to organizational operations by performing other related duties as may be assigned.

15. Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

1. Communication.

2. Critical Evaluation.

3. Relationship Management.

4. Ethical Practice.

Required Education and Experience

1. High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

2. On the job training or formal therapy aide course or administrative course is preferred.

3. Preferred 6 months of experience.

Benefits

• 401K
• Paid Time Off
• Medical Insurance
• Vision/Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance

Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois. The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community. These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care. The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN. The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.