Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

The Unit Secretary is responsible for all clerical and reception duties associated with the unit to which they are assigned. The Unit Secretary is responsible for many tasks and responsibilities that are detailed in the attached task list. The top priorities for all Unit Secretaries are:

+ Customer Service

+ Answer phones and facilitate communication between the nursing unit and callers.

+ Respond to call lights

+ Clerical processing of new admissions including creating patient charts, other duties define by unit (i.e. MyChart enrollment)

+ Scheduling of post-discharge appointment with patient following the established business unit process.

+ During downtime, process and back-enter non-medication orders placed during downtime. a. Maintain downtime paper forms

+ Perform monthly maintenance of BCA, printer and unit report.

+ Notify appropriate resources for maintenanc...