Monitor Secretary - Telemetry 5 Tower - Full Time Days (7:00AM to 7:30PM) (Union, Non-Exempt)

Essential Job Functions and Core Responsibilities

• Aids in transporting and/or discharging patients and performing other indirect patient care duties as necessary.
• Correctly interprets cardiac rhythms, consulting with appropriate resources for borderline cases.
• Communicates and documents significant changes in patient's cardiac rhythm immediately, ensuring communication to the RN.
• Runs ECG strips according to unit routines, PRN requests, and emergency situations.
• Utilizes the hospital charge system and assists in identifying nursing charges.
• Promotes unity and teamwork among coworkers by maintaining a positive attitude and working relationships.
• Organizes and prioritizes workflow, creating a quiet, clean, and professional environment.
• Maintains unit supplies, forms, and manuals.
• Performs receptionist functions, including answering phone lines and patient calls promptly and politely, taking accurate messages as needed.
• Maintains awareness of current census and accurately documents admissions, transfers, and discharges, communicating changes promptly.
• Participates in the organization-wide Performance Improvement Program through orientation, education, departmental and interdepartmental quality control, performance improvement, and quality planning activities.
• Uses the computer system for order entry and assists the healthcare team in obtaining necessary information. Prints reports as required.

Job Requirements

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum one-year secretarial experience in an acute care hospital setting, strongly preferred.
• Licenses and Certifications: Basic Life Support and Arrhythmia Certificate.

Pay and Benefits

The hourly rate range for this position is $21.00 – $26.73. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California Arcadia Hospital considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, State, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.