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Job Title: Unit Secretary
Job Summary:
Performs clerical and receptionist duties essential to the operation of patient care as directed and also receives instructions from physicians and nurses.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Identifies by use of the plate imprinter, the stationery (e.g., Kardex Chart Forms) and requisitions of each patient
- Maintains up-to-date and accurate patient rosters (e.g., locator board, TPR, BP, weight book
- Maintains a system for tracking the location of each patient on the unit
- Transcribes physicians’ orders and follows through appropriately in their implementation
- Schedules with appropriate departments and/or individuals, patient appointment, treatments, diagnostic procedures, etc.
- Maintains neat and orderly bulletin boards. Posts and removes information appropriately in order to keep data current
- Responsible for maintenance of patients’ charts
- Graphs appropriate data in the patients’ charts
- Removes selected excess pages from the patients’ charts and stores properly
- Files and/or staples laboratory and tests results into patients’ charts, (including computer print-outs)
- Checks all patients’ charts daily for completeness, order and proper identity
- Assigns RNs in Orchestrator as applicable
- Performs a variety of duties relating to admission, discharge and/or transfer of patients
- Assembles medical charts, prepares bed and door tags and Kardex for admission
- Requests from Medical Records, the old chart of re-admitted patients
- Relays to other departments, relative information concerning admissions, transfers or discharges
- Greets new admissions, introducing self and orienting patients to call system and physical facilities
- Maintains an up-to-date record of all patients who are discharged, deceased or transferred
- Responsible for facilitating communication with health care team
- Assists in the maintenance of par levels of supplies and equipment
Requirements:
- High School Diploma
- Evidence of satisfactory job performance from previous employer and satisfactory references
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity is a driver for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.
We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care.
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Who We Are
Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation.
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