Description
Unit Secretary
Med/Surg
Requisition #2101633
Job/Position Summary:
The Unit Secretary coordinates nursing station, performs clerical and reception duties. Requisitions supplies, equipment, services as directed. Coordinates communications between customers and staff. Follows hospital policy and procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Delivery of clinical practice utilizing standards of practice and in accordance with the hospital's mission & vision.
- Ability to work under limited supervision and to follow written and oral instructions.
- Knowledge of biopsychosocial and spiritual aspects of human behavior ranging from infancy to geriatrics.
- Familiar with organization and function of all units.
- Ability to demonstrate effective communications skills, empathy, and unconditional positive regard toward all patients and co-workers.
- Compliance with organizational requirements, including policies, procedures and regulations specific to the unit.
- Mechanism must be provided for contact of employee (i.e., beeper, telephone, emergency contact).
- Flexibility in schedule in order to meet the needs of the patients, community and staff.
- Demonstrates professional behavior with a positive outlook during peak periods of activity and other stressful situations.
- Knowledge and implementation of standardized PPE regarding the prevention / transmission of infectious disease / isolation processes.
- Maintains licensure, required certification and annual education requirements prior to due date.
- Answer telephones in appropriate manner.
- Establish and maintain filing systems.
- Input data into computer.
- Maintain logs.
- Schedule appointments, pt or physician/consults.
- Ability to fax, scan and copy.
- Consistently provides accurate and complete hand-off communication to any healthcare provider according to hospital policy.
- Attends 80% of all department meetings and required to review and initial all department minutes missed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Shift:
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
Vanderbilt Harton Hospital:
Our 135-bed facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and features an accredited Chest Pain Center.
Acquired by Vanderbilt Health in 2021, the hospital has served Tullahoma, Coffee County, and surrounding counties for more than 50 years. With more than 100 doctors and 500 hospital staff, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital delivers personalized, high-quality health care close to home, offering a comprehensive range of services in a modern, patient-friendly environment
Our goal is to create an exceptional experience for our patients and their families: keeping them safe, delivering evidence-based medicine, and treating them with kindness and respect.
Click here for more information: www.VanderbilttullahomahartonHospital.com
VUMC Recent Accomplishments
Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:
- US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
- Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
- Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
- The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
- Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
- National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
- Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.
