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Northwestern Medicine · 2 weeks ago

Unit Secretary Labor and Delivery Part Time Days

positionLake Forest, IL
timePart-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level

Northwestern Medicine is a leader in the healthcare industry focused on patient-first interactions. The Unit Secretary plays a vital role in patient care and administrative support, ensuring smooth operations within the labor and delivery unit.

Emergency MedicineHealth CareHospitalMedicalNutritionRehabilitation
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Responsibilities

Demonstrates exemplary customer service skills, including the ability to use appropriate judgment, independent thinking and creativity when resolving issues
Answers phones and aids accordingly
Communicates with patients and visitors including greeting them upon arrival and providing necessary information related to their visit
Responds to patient call lights and requests for assistance in a professional and timely manner
Facilitates obtaining a hard copy of the patient’s health information and scanning into Electronic Medical Record
Manages admissions and discharges through Electronic Bed Board
Provides clinical staff with medical records of treatment of patients and correct flow of patient and maintains logbook
Coordinates and assists in transfer process for patients to another hospital
Assures patient care unit readiness for EMR downtime and facilitates data recovery following downtime
Orders departmental forms, supplies, and request engineering/biomed equipment repair. Construct departmental folders as needed
Maintains staff phone list for department
Participates in performance improvement activities that advance innovative processes to achieve unit targets and exceptional performance
Competency in ICARE
All other duties as assigned

Qualification

Efficient computer skillsEMR order entryCustomer service skillsIndependent thinkingCreativity

Required

High School diploma or equivalent
Efficient computer skills

Preferred

Experience in EMR order entry and documentation

Benefits

Tuition reimbursement
Loan forgiveness
401(k) matching
Lifecycle benefits

Company

Northwestern Medicine

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Northwestern Medicine is the collaboration between Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine around a strategic vision to transform the future of health care.
dateFounded in 1972
location
Chicago, Illinois, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://nm.org

H1B Sponsorship

Northwestern Medicine has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2024 (66)
2023 (70)
2022 (78)
2021 (35)
2020 (39)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$25M
2018-06-26Grant· $25M

Leadership Team

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Howard Chrisman, MD
President and CEO
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John A. Orsini, CPA
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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