Monitor Tech/Unit Secretary

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Performs clerical duties including maintaining patient records, scheduling patients for tests/procedures, transcribing physician orders, ordering supplies, and acting as a liaison between physicians, nursing, hospital staff, families, guests and patients. Recognizes and reports arrhythmia and computer data to the Registered Nurse.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Maintains patient records; ensures that charts are current, complete and thinned as needed according to policies and procedures.
• Schedules diagnostic procedures, exams and special procedures in a timely manner.
• Transcribes physician orders.
• Orders, stores and maintains supplies.
• Acts as a liaison between physicians, nursing, hospital staff, families, guests and patients.
• Utilizes communication equipment and relays information to appropriate personnel.
• Informs physician and ancillary departments of patient admission, discharge, transfer or death in a timely manner.
• Recognizes and reports arrhythmia and computer data according to policies and procedures.
• Maintains proper documentation of patient records according to policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Education - For US portion of this job requires unit secretary or on-the-job training or six (6) months of clerical or healthcare related experience or completion of a nursing fundamentals class. HS Diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience - No experience required other than that which is listed above.
  
  

In Lieu Of

• The US training/experience requirement will be waived if the applicant has successfully passed the Prisma Health arrhythmia exam.
  
  

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• After hire, requires attendance of formal arrhythmia training class and successful completion of the Prisma Health Arrhythmia exam with a minimum passing score within 2 attempts.
• Successful completion of the arrhythmia exam must be completed within 30 days of hire.
• Arrhythmia competencies must be maintained on an annual basis if selected into a monitor tech role.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• NA
  
  

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Baptist Easley Med Campus

Facility

1015 Baptist Easley Hospital

Department

10156490 Telemetry Surveillance

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