Unit Secretary

About the role

Lake Forest Place offers a mission-driven environment where employees collaborate, show compassion, and share expertise. The role involves supporting nursing units, handling communications, and assisting with administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Handles telephone communications and takes action or delivers messages.
• Assumes responsibility for special projects as assigned.
• Manages clerical responsibilities related to admissions and discharges.
• Orders name plates for residents' doors and updates biographies.
• Takes photographs for MAR and those at risk for wandering.
• Keeps activity boards and logs updated as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills

• High school graduate.
• One year work experience in secretarial or clerical roles.
• Reading, writing, and comprehension skills to use medical terminology.
• Good communication skills.
• Long-term care experience preferred but not required.