PeriAnesthesia Department Secretary

Site: Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

The Perioperative Department Secretary provides indirect care to patients to ensure efficient patient flow and quality patient care in all Perioperative departments. Under the supervision of the Clinical Leader and Nursing Director the secretary performs various administrative duties that facilitate each patients care through the Perioperative trajectory. The Perioperative Department Secretary will work collaboratively with the team to ensure the practice of the Patient and Family Centered Care Model in an environment that exemplifies best practice.

Schedule:Full-time 40 hrs./week 1PM - 930PM

Job Summary

Principle Duties:
Follows established hospital and departmental precautions and procedures in performing all job duties to ensure a safe work environment for patients.
Interacts with others within and outside the hospital to explain department services policies and procedures.
Coordinates scheduling and special arrangements and resolves matters within the scope of own authority or as directed by supervisor.
Performs assigned administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the Preoperative Holdingand other perioperative departments as needed.
Triages phone calls pleasantly and courteously collaborating with professional personnel when appropriate and accurately relaying messages to the appropriate personnel promptly.
Receives visitors to the department in a professional manner projecting a positive public image.
Assists in facilitating patient flow by appropriately notifying RN staff of patient arrivals cancellations etc.
Participates in distributing patient teaching materials giving instructions to patients as appropriate and reinforcing information for readiness for surgery.
Maintains inventory and orders office and medical supplies according to knowledge of usage patterns and budgeted allowances. Prepares and follows up on purchase orders and requests for checks.
Provides secretarial support to ensure an efficient and confidential flow of information for patients medical records in a flexible and timely manner.
Requests medical records in advance as per protocol updates medical record requests when add-ons occur on the schedule and notifies Medical Records Dept. of missing charts and chart contents.
Demonstrates ability to efficiently use electronic health records to schedule appointments communicate results and patient questions to other members of the care team and perform all appropriate functions as needed.
Accurately enters statistical data to support quality initiatives in the department.
May fill in comparable roles and provide support in other Perioperative Departments.

Grade:140

High School Diploma required associate degree preferred

About Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital

Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital an affiliate of Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care research teaching and service to the place great value on being a diverse equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham we believe in equal access to quality care employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race gender identity sexual orientation ability religion ethnicity national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital is a 171-bed non-profit community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold in 1900 Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of and Womens Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.

At Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers our patients and those we may never meet are at the center of everything we do. If you want more than a career join Brigham and Womens Faulkner patients call it better employees call it home.

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1153 Centre Street

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Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed national origin sex age gender identity disability sexual orientation military service genetic information and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at .

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