Unit Secretary - Per Diem

Compensation

$22 per hour plus shift differentials for night and weekend shifts

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Experience with medical files and terminology

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical services to the patient care units, including correct transcription of orders
• Filing of all reports and arranging for transportation and follow-up/outside tests
• Answering the telephone, taking and delivering messages by phone or verbally
• Maintaining close communication with the Charge Nurse/House Supervisor
• Handling all necessary paperwork in a timely manner
• Ordering supplies, as needed, from Materials Management
• Verifying physician privileges prior to transcribing orders
• Appropriately transcribing and flagging orders from charts
• Arranging for transport of patients for tests that are not offered in the hospital