Unit Secretary: Med/Surg Unit (Full Time: Monday - Friday)\n \n \n \n \n\nEmployment Type:\n \n \nFull Time\n \n \n \n \n\nLocation:\n \n \nWashington Regional Medical Center - Fayetteville, AR\n \n \n \n \n\nDepartment:\n \n \nMedical Unit\n \n \n \n \n\nShift:\n \n \nMonday - Friday\n \n \n \n \n\nFTE:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nJob Number:\n \n \nJO-2310-50162\n \n \n \n \n\nDate Posted:\n \n \n10/24/2023\n \n \n \n \n\nCategories:\n \n \nGeneral Support\n \n \n\n

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Unit Secretary

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Washington Regional Medical System (the “System”) is our region’s only locally governed, community-owned, not-for-profit healthcare system. The System includes a 425-bed acute care hospital known as Washington Regional Medical Center (the “Hospital”) which is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  The Hospital is supported by the System- including primary, specialty and urgent care operations - that span across Northwest Arkansas into Harrison and Eureka Springs. Being heavily supported and invested in our community makes Washington Regional a unique employer, encouraging staff to give back to the community in which we live and work … and give back to each other.

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Washington Regional Mission, Vision and Values prove to be a firm foundation and inspiration from which we fulfill our purpose.

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Mission: Washington Regional is committed to improving the health of people in communities we serve through compassionate, high quality care, prevention and wellness education.

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Vision: To be the leading healthcare system in Northwest Arkansas --- the best place to receive care and the best place to give care.

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Values: To treat others – patients and their families, visitors, physicians, and each other – as we would want to be treated

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Position Summary

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The role of the Unit Secretary - Acute reports to the RN, Clinical Coordinator, Unit Manager, and Director. This position is responsible for providing the nursing staff with clerical support. This position may retrieve, and transport select medications and blood products, including transportation of a sealed medication tray for the purpose of crash cart exchange.  The unit secretary will not participate in the administration or distribution of medications directly to patients.

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Essential Position Responsibilities

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• Communicate effectively with visitors, patients, staff, and physicians
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• Assists the physician and professional staff
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• Enforce visitor policy
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• Ensure rooms are restocked after patient discharge
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• Promptly answers phone and returns messages in a timely manner
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• Assembly and breakdown of charts
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• Assist with keeping work area clean and sanitary
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• Completes daily charges and reconciliation
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• Order and stock supplies
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• Transcribe orders
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• Other duties as assigned
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Qualifications

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• \nEducation: High school diploma or GED
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• \nLicensure and Certifications: BLS within 90 days of hire
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• \nExperience: Previous secretarial experience, preferred. Previous experience operating standard office equipment, preferred.
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Work Environment: This position spends 60% of work time sitting, with frequent standing and walking of short distances occasional lifting of up to 100 lbs., and occasional carry of up to 25 lbs, 40% of work time. A culturally and linguistically diverse patient population is served including well newborns, intermediate and intensive care newborns, antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum women from adolescents to adults. This position will be exposed to body fluids and communicable disease. 

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