Unit Secretary ,Emergency Deptartment at Care New England in US-RI-Warwick

Job description

• Provide clerical support to the Emergency Services Department to include answering phones, transcribing physicians’ orders, booking diagnostic studies, distributing lab and x-ray reports to appropriate nursing personnel, filing patient charts and other related duties.

Responsibilities

• Answer phones properly at all times, direct calls appropriately and make calls for Emergency Department Physicians and nurses.
• Review patient charts for appropriate signatures and completeness of notes. Attach reports, break down the chart for required distribution and filing.
• Transcribe physicians’ orders, contact consultants and book diagnostic studies.
• Prepare monthly and daily call rosters.
• Discharge the patient through the computer.
• Prepare lab/x-ray/EKG slips; book tests.
• Notify Testing and Admitting Center of admissions and maintain logs of admissions, incoming rescues, and physician contacts.
• Properly distribute incoming lab and x-ray reports for Emergency Room patients.
• Review all reports from Diagnostic Imaging for positive findings and have them reviewed by Charge Nurse. Give appropriate reports to Express and send reports on admitted patients to the units.
• Assist with ordering of supplies used by the Emergency Dept.
• Compile data/statistics used by KCMH regarding Emergency Department activities.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A High School diploma and a minimum of six months job-related experience or equivalent is required.

Skills

Required

• Clerical support
• Answering phones
• Transcribing physicians’ orders
• Booking diagnostic studies
• Distributing lab and x-ray reports
• Filing patient charts
• Data compilation/statistics