Unit Secretary ER

Job Purpose: The unit secretary performs order entry, answers phones and patient call bells, greets and directs visitors.

Minimum Requirements:

Education: High school diploma/GED equivalent.

Required Licenses/Certifications: BLS required

Work Experience: Minimum of 2-year clerical experience in a hospital setting preferred

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Perform general receptionist and clerical duties in order to facilitate efficient functioning of the nursing unit.

• Perform primary check-ups of the patients and makes sure that they are admitted to the concerned doctors

• These health unit coordinators also schedule appointments of the patients and make sure that the hospital is functioning smoothly

• Hand over test reports to the doctors

• Perform certain clerical duties such as maintaining important papers and records of the patients

• Order equipment and infrastructure required in the hospital

• Keep a track of the number of patients admitted to the hospital on a particular day and the collects of the hospital

• Help the patients in filling the hospital forms and understand the procedures of the hospital

• Perform other duties as assigned