NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries.
The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Unit Secretary - Emergency Department - Part Time
- Days
- Alternate weekends - NSG-Emergency Department. Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee, and according to established policies and procedures, provides clerical support for assigned nursing unit/units. This includes order transcription, computer entry, medical record maintenance and telephone and electronic communication management. Participates in the orientation of new employees.
- Demonstrates accuracy in transcription of physician orders to the Kardex
- Enters date, initial and CRT for each order following computer entry
- Demonstrates accurate and timely computer entry of patients admission/ongoing orders, and enters discharge, transfer or expiration data
- Communicates with nursing staff to ensure timely management of STAT orders
- Organizes workload to ensure timely entry of physician orders
- Demonstrates knowledge of computer downtime procedures
- Documents accurately and legibly on all documents
- Completes inventory and arranges for supply order as directed
- Completes requirement for data entry on height, weight and allergy screens at time of patient admission
- Updates advanced directive screen when indicated
- Maintains confidentiality of patients medical records
- Assembles medical record for newly admitted patients
- Provides for timely and efficient filing of reports in the medical record
- Maintains and updates medical records to insure filing and labeling accuracy
- Prepares, photocopies, and routes the medical record to designated sites upon patients discharge, transfer or expiration
- Maintains overflow medical records in accurate order
- Maintains adequate charting materials and supplies on the unit
- Utilizes appropriate technique when answering the telephone
- Answers telephone calls in a friendly and courteous manner
- Demonstrates ability to access the hospital in-house paging system
- Responds to routine inquiries and relays calls and messages
- Demonstrates the ability to complete the tasks of facsimile transmission and photocopy duplication
- Updates and forwards daily census to the Admitting Department in compliance with the daily requirement
- Demonstrates awareness and participates in activities that support customer satisfaction
- Performs timely notification of transfers, discharges, expirations to the Admitting Office (Nursing Supervision after 4:00PM) to facilitate the admission process
- Interacts effectively with the staff on the unit and in other departments
- Accepts assignments willingly and goes to other units when required
- Willingly completes various errands as requested
- Works collaboratively with management to improve the environment of care for patients, family and personnel
- Seeks out and utilizes the Nurse Manager or Nursing Administrative Supervisor to address issues that require their assistance to resolve
- Participates in the evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of policy and procedure and supports measures to improve practice
- Maintains personal appearance as outlined in organizational guidelines
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