Unit Secretary - PT Days

Job Summary

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better.

Essential Responsibilities

• Captures and maintains accuracy and completeness of patient records, including assembling admission records, patient records, and printing labels and I.D. bands.
• Ensures accuracy and timely maintenance of electronic medical records (EMR).
• Prepares patient records for discharge and/or transfer, including copying paperwork, chart breakdown, and contacting appropriate departments, including discharge concierge.
• Facilitates efficient patient flow through electronic capacity management, bed management system, ensuring clinical attributes in capacity management are current and accurate.
• Organizes and prioritizes workload to complete responsibilities within assigned shift, updates primary nursing board (patient assignment board), census sheet, and maintains work area and nurses' station in a neat and orderly manner.
• Floats to other units to provide assistance as needed, accepts additional assignments as requested to support department's efficiency as observed by nursing leadership.
• Remains current in clerical practices, programs, and procedures utilized by the department, and attends mandatory in-services as evidenced by completed education record on the nursing unit.
• Assists with chart audits, maintaining informational bulletin boards, ordering and maintaining unit supplies in a cost-effective manner, and other non-clinical activities under the instruction and guidance from leadership.

Education And Experience Requirements

• High School diploma, or equivalent experience.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Requirements

• Basic understanding of office equipment and general knowledge of simple medical procedures or terminology.

Working Conditions

• Manual: significant manual skills/motor coordination & finger dexterity
• Occupational: some occupational risk
• Physical Effort: sedentary/light effort. May exert up to 10 lbs. force
• Physical Environment: generally pleasant working conditions

Company

Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Org Unit

1219

Department

Nursing Float Pool

Exempt

No

Salary Range

$20.71 hourly