Unit Secretary Part-Time, Weekends.

Schedule

Part-time position, every other weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Hours are 4:00 PM – 1:30 AM. Holidays required if they fall on the scheduled weekend.

Pay

Hourly range: $18.85 – $28.30.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Completion of a unit secretary course or equivalent preferred.
• Clerical experience preferred.
• Licensure, certification, or registration: not required.

Physical Requirements

Time spent performing activities (percentage of shift):

• Standing: 0–35%
• Walking: 35–65%
• Sitting: 65–100%
• Bending: 0–35%
• Reaching with arms: 35–65%
• Finger and hand dexterity: 65–100%
• Talking: 65–100%
• Hearing: 65–100%
• Seeing: 65–100%

Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling:

• Up to 20 lbs. maximum
• Up to 50 lbs. maximum
• Up to 100 lbs. maximum

Responsibilities

• Completes clerical duties for patient scheduling, admissions, procedures, transfers, surgeries, discharges, and deaths under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Handles and screens incoming calls and transmits messages as necessary.
• Contributes to a safe, secure, and therapeutic environment for patients, visitors, physicians, and co‑workers by following established procedures.
• Ensures complete, confidential, accurate, and timely communication of patient information.
• Completes requisitions, data entry, and nursing communication forms.
• Communicates to the team, co‑workers, patients, and family members in an effective, positive, and professional manner.
• Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance, professional growth, and development.
• Conducts work in an organized, quiet, efficient manner and demonstrates ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Completes assigned unit responsibilities and assists other staff members in completion of their duties when time permits.
• Provides age/developmental appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.

Skills

• Basic computer skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Performs effectively with frequent workload changes and competing demands.
• Ability to develop transcription skills.

Work Environment

• Interaction with multiple levels of staff and departments.
• Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances.
• Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases.
• Subject to multiple interruptions.
• Long periods on a computer.
• Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals.
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours.

Benefits

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package. Eligibility for specific programs may depend on FTE or employment status (full‑time, part‑time, per diem, temporary, etc.); confirm details with a recruiter.

• Competitive base compensation within the posted pay range, plus premium pay (shift, on‑call, etc.) and incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, Short‑ and Long‑Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits: adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.

About the role

Supports assigned unit by performing clerical duties such as secretarial, receptionist, and other designated activities. Provides indirect care following physician and nursing orders to achieve the highest standards of age/developmentally specific care.

Advocate Health is the third‑largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. It provides care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients, engages in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine as its academic core, and is nationally recognized for expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics, rehabilitation, organ transplants, burn treatments, and specialized musculoskeletal programs. The system employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs (2,000+ residents and fellows across 200+ programs), and provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.