Unit Secretary - Mazomanie Wisconsin

Company: UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Location: Mazomanie, Wisconsin
Posted On: 01/16/2025

Description
UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as the #1 Rehabilitation Hospital in Wisconsin. UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital is a 50-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital operated jointly by Lifepoint Health in partnership with UW Health and UnityPoint Health - Meriter. A career at UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital is more than a job. It's a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the "City of Four Lakes" who need continued care to recover completely.
You have specialized skills and our patients in the Madison metropolitan area need them! If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!
Our Benefits: -

New competitive pay rates
Various shift availabilities
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Low nurse-to-patient ratios
Low therapist-to-patient ratios
Expansive benefit package
Professional development and advancement opportunities
Targeted approach to career development
Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities

WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THIS ROLE:
Supports nursing department operations by assisting with administrative duties such as greeting visitors, scheduling appointments, transferring phone calls, admitting and discharging patients, communicating and coordinating between physicians, nursing staff and other hospital staff. - May transcribe physician orders and file paperwork. - May assist with patient care as trained.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:






Ensures visitors are acknowledged quickly and helps direct them and answer any questions.
Initiates medical record upon admission. - Maintains said record during patient stay, and closes the record upon patient discharge within the electronic medical record.
Initiates follow-up regarding doctors' orders.
Ensures that all patient and special charges are processed.
Serves as unit receptionist for incoming and outgoing calls and visitor information.
Interacts frequently with unit personnel, physicians, visitors, patients' families and other ancillary hospital personnel for the purpose of giving and receiving information.
Has contact with patients. - Duties may include answering patient lights, and fulfilling patient request for non-care items, attend appointments with patients, working in the caf--. - -Requires professional, courteous, and helpful manner in all contacts with customers.
Position involves multi-tasking in a high stress environment. - Requires constant mental alertness and the ability to calmly and accurately perform duties when subjected to frequent and varied interruptions.
Must have the ability to exercise judgment and initiative in the resolution of problems encountered.
Ensures that all patient and unit equipment, supplies and procedures are ordered and received,
Other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications


High school diploma required, with two years of college level education preferred.
Computer experience required.
Prior experience in a hospital setting is preferred. -
Must have the ability to work with all levels of medical personnel, patients and families,
Ability to speak and write concisely with knowledge of medical terminology desirable.

UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. We are accredited by The Joint Commission and CARF-accredited for our Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program and Stroke Specialty Program. More...

    

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