UNIT SECRETARY

UW Medical Center–Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for a Unit Secretary to join the Behavioral Health Med-Surg Unit.

About the role

This is a per diem, variable shift position (Days/Evenings) on a unit tailored for critically ill, badly injured, or patients who have had complex surgery or procedures.

Responsibilities

• Answers telephones using defined etiquette standards; routes calls and messages, greets and directs visitors, offers assistance, answers questions, and follows through on inquiries
• Facilitates and acts as a positive liaison between the unit and other departments
• Maintains office equipment, inventories, orders, and restocks office supplies
• Organizes work area in the unit station and assists in maintaining a neat and organized work environment at the unit nursing station
• Assists with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges; assembles patient records
• Demonstrates accuracy in transcription and order management; enters transfers and discharges into the computer; copies charts and prepares charts for Medical Records on discharge
• Reviews MD orders and submits orders to Lab and Diagnostic Imaging
• Prioritizes work and completes tasks in a timely manner; able to multi-task effectively
• Answers patient intercom system effectively; responds appropriately to patient’s needs and/or alerts/refs to other unit staff members
• Assists with communication plans related to patients’ safety risks

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED equivalent

About UW Medical Center–Northwest

UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion.

About UW Medicine

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. Its mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists, and other health professionals. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations, which includes Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Pay

Pay Range Minimum: $24.81 hourly
Pay Range Maximum: $36.06 hourly

Benefits

For information about benefits for this position, visit UW Temporary/Per Diem Benefits.

Schedule

• Per diem, variable shift (Days/Evenings)
• Temporary position
• FTE: 0.00%

This position is part of the SEIU 1199NW UWMC Northwest Service and Maintenance bargaining unit.