Job Overview:

The Unit Secretary assists the Director of Patient Care and the staff nurses by performing diversified secretarial duties. These duties include but are not limited to: filing, document storage and retrieval, reception, typing, routine record keeping, maintain supplies and equipment, maintaining monthly statistics.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred:

• Computer Skills (ie: Word, Excel, Windows)
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Previous unit secretary or medical office experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment

Scheduling Requirements:

• Days vary with shifts being 3:00pm-11:00pm with a rotation of weekends and holidays
• Evening shifts
• Part Time

Essential Functions:

• Interacts with patients and families to help facilitate high quality patient care
• Communicates and collaborates with hospital staff, physicians, and medical offices to develop and maintain procedural schedules
• Answers phones promptly and relays information to appropriate person
• Assembles and disassembles designated charts appropriately
• Identifies and reports potential and actual patient safety issues
• Keeps medical record complete and in order
• Maintains unit supplies at appropriate par levels
• Maintains communication with the Bed Controller and cooperates with room assignments
• Performs required clerical work relating to the admission, transfer and discharge
• Reviews charts for needed forms. Charts TPR, B/P for their shift on graphic reports records. Attaches all diagnostic reports to chart.

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!