What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Secretary position at Select Specialty Hospital?
Position: Unit Secretary
Location: Nashville, TN
Schedule: Full Time, Nights
Select Specialty Hospital - Nashville is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives - and every team member plays a central role in providing compassionate, excellent care every step of the way.
Why Join Us
Location: Nashville, TN
Schedule: Full Time, Nights
Select Specialty Hospital - Nashville is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives - and every team member plays a central role in providing compassionate, excellent care every step of the way.
Why Join Us
- Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive insurance coverage, health, dental vision, life insurance. Generous PTO and 401(K) with company match.
- Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.
- Use independent judgment to provide clerical services to the patient care units, including correct transcription of orders, filing of all reports and arranging for transportation and follow-up/outside tests.
- Answering the telephone, taking and delivering messages by phone or verbally.
- Maintaining close communication with the Charge Nurse/House Supervisor.
- Handling all necessary paperwork in a timely manner.
- Ordering supplies, as needed, from Materials Management.
- Verifying physician privileges prior to transcribing orders.
- Appropriately transcribing and flagging orders from charts.
- Arranging for transport of patients for tests that are not offered in the hospital.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Experience with medical files and terminology.