Unit Secretary | Full-Time, 6:45pm-7:15am | Hughes Spalding
About the role
Provides clerical support to patient care area(s) to ensure delivery of effective and efficient services. Proactively supports efforts that ensure delivery of safe patient care and services and promote a safe environment at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Responsibilities
- Provides customer service support to internal and external customers with clear and concise communication, e.g., warm greeting protocol, directions, visitor hygiene instructions, visitations guidelines.
- Distributes and collects appropriate paperwork and forms, e.g., phone list, round sheets, care boards, surgical and medical packets, lab labels.
- Maintains patient census and patient identification information, e.g., Epic, census book, patient charts, patient labels.
- Orders and maintains appropriate inventory of unit supplies, e.g., office supplies, formula, blood bank, i-STATs.
- Orients new associates in appropriate unit secretary duties.
- Collects daily line day data.
Requirements
Experience: 2 years of experience in a clerical role.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a medical setting; personal computer skills, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Windows‑based applications; experience in medical terminology; Unit Secretary (US) certification.
Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
Certification Summary: No professional certifications required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrated verbal/written communication, organizational, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to successfully pass the Basic Windows Skill Assessment at 80% or higher rating within 30 days of employment (in clinical areas).
Schedule
Work Shift: Night; Work Day(s): Variable; Shift Start Time: Variable; Shift End Time: Variable.
Location
Primary Location Address: 35 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
Job Family
Administrative Support