Unit Secretary FT Days

Essential Job Functions:
1. Coordinates all activities involved in the preparation and maintenance of patient records to ensure accuracy and completeness including assembling all admission records patient records and printing labels and I.D bands
2. Ensures that electronic medical records (EMR) are processed and maintained in an accurate and complete manner enters and updates patient information.
3. Prepares patient records for discharge and/or transfer including copying paperwork chart breakdown and contacting appropriate departments including discharge concierge.
4. Ensures accurate timely and professional communication when speaking on the phone taking messages from members of the department and speaking to patients and physicians.
5. Ensures privacy and confidentiality of customers according to HIPPA regulations and hospital policies.
6. Facilitates efficient patient flow by means of electronic capacity management bed management system and ensures clinical attributes in capacity management are current and accurate.
7. Facilitates communication by answering phones answering patient call lights and is a link between patient patient family and health care team.
8. Facilitates timely patient flow: radiology lab discharge transfer and admission through continuous monitoring of the tracking shell admission TT and CTAAC communications
9. Organizes and prioritizes workload to complete responsibilities within assigned shift updates primary nursing board (patient assignment board) daily and as changes occur initiates and/or updates logs and maintains work area and nurses station in a neat and orderly manner.
10. Floats to other units to provide assistance as needed and/or accept additional assignments as requested to support the departments efficiency as observed by nursing leadership.
11. Remains current in clerical practices programs and procedures utilized by the department and attends mandatory in-services as evidenced by completed education record on the nursing unit.
12. Under the instruction and guidance from leadership assist ordering and maintaining unit supplies in a cost-effective manner and other non-clinical activities.
13. Performs other duties as required.

Telemetry Monitoring:
1. Demonstrates understanding and proficiency of the use of the Cardiac Monitoring System.
2. Maintains telemetry equipment and telemetry logs.
3. Assists in the initiation and discontinuation of remote cardiac telemetry monitoring of assigned patients.
4. Observes all assigned telemetry rhythms and sets alarms per departmental procedures.
5. Properly identifies cardiac arrhythmia adverse events and cardiac parameter abnormalities.
6. Documents in a professional manner as required (rhythm strip logs etc.).
7. Communicates with appropriate nursing staff for alarms and arrhythmia notifications.
8. Participates in hand-off of pertinent information/behavior about assigned patients when arriving on unit and upon completion of shift assignment.