Unit Secretary (Full-Time, Evening/Night Shift)

POSITION SUMMARY

Provides clerical and receptionist duties of the inpatient nursing department.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Unit Secretary

• Acts as a receptionist for patients, staff, and visitors
  • Greets, directs, and assists patients with directions in a prompts and polite manner
  • Operates a multiple line telephone system
  • Makes announcements in a professional manner
• Performs patient registration procedures accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring all demographic and payer information is correct
  • Collects and updates patient demographic information
  • Verifies insurance eligibility and updates electronic registrations appropriately
  • Completes Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) questionnaire and other payer specific documents as required
  • Reviews and signs admission paperwork with patient/patient representative
  • Provides patients/representatives copies of all signed documents as appropriate
  • Follows EMTALA guidelines when registering in the Emergency Department
• Assist with maintenance of electronic medical recordsCopies, scans, faxes, and distributes documents in a timely and appropriate manner
  • Establish the initial chart upon admission
  • Maintain chart documents according to protocol
  • Process charts upon dismissal, breaks down chart so available to Health Information Management (HIM) timely and accurately
  • Help prepare records as appropriate for patient transfers and/or referrals

Hours: Minimum 36 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 6:00pm-6:30am, rotating weekends

Keyword: Unit Secretary (part-time)
Required Experience:

Education, Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Previous patient access experience preferred
• Previous nurse aide experience preferred

Certificates, Licensure, Registrations:

• Nurse Aide Certification preferred
• BLS (Basic Life Support)

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide
• Ability to generate, read, interpret, and take action as it relates to basic financial statements, national and state regulations, safety rulings, operational and maintenance and organizational policies / procedures
• Ability to write reports and correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information to patients, families, employees, health care providers, etc...
• Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively to maintain good working relationships with staff and health care providers
• Ability to work with skill in identifying problems

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, MATERIALS

• Knowledge of computer hardware equipment and software applications relevant to work functions.

From: Pender Community Health