What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Secretary, Burn Unit, Nights, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center position at Wake Forest Baptist Health?
JOB SUMMARY: Supports assigned unit by performing clerical duties such as secretarial, receptionist and other designated activities. Provides indirect care following physician and nursing orders to achieve the highest standards of age/developmentally specific care.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: High School Diploma or GED equivalent required. Completion of a unit secretary course or equivalent preferred. Clerical experience preferred.
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: N/A
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Completes clerical duties for patient scheduling, admissions, procedures, transfers, surgeries,
discharges and deaths under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
2. Handles and screens incoming calls and transmits messages as necessary.
3. Contributes to a safe, secure and therapeutic environment for patients, visitors, physicians and co-
workers by following established procedures.
4. Ensures complete, confidential, accurate, and timely communication of patient information.
5. Completes requisitions, data entry, and nursing communication forms.
6. Communicates to the team, co-workers, patients and family members in an effective, positive and
professional manner.
7. Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance, professional growth and development.
8. Conducts work in an organized, quiet, efficient manner and demonstrates ability to cope with stressful
situations.
9. Completes assigned unit responsibilities and assists other staff members in completion of their
duties when time permits.
10.Provides age/developmental appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific
Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
Basic computer skills
Strong oral and written communication skills
Performs effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands
Ability to develop transcription skills
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Interaction with multiple levels of staff and departments
Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases
Subject to multiple interruptions
Long periods on a computer
Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals
Occasionally subject to irregular hours
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Amount of time spent performing the following activities:
0% 35% 65%
to to to
35% 65% 100% N/A Activity
X Standing
X Walking
X Sitting
X Bending
X Reaching with arms
X Finger and hand dexterity
X Talking
X Hearing
X Seeing
Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling:
X 20 lbs. maximum
X 50 lbs. maximum
X 100 lbs. maximum
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and part of Atrium Health Enterprise. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.