Unit Secretary Job at UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital in Sacramento

Full Time Unit Secretary

Shift - 2:00pm - 10:30pm

Sacramento, CA

Great benefits, competitive pay and FREE Parking!

UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital is a free-standing post-acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital operated jointly between UC Davis Health and Lifepoint Health. This new 58,000 square foot 52-bed hospital will be the first free-standing physical rehabilitation hospital in Sacramento. The facility will have all private rooms and focus on acute rehabilitation for patients who suffer from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, multiple trauma, amputation and other injuries or disorders. The large multidisciplinary therapy gymnasiums will be outfitted with the latest therapeutic technologies, including augmented reality balance training, therapy bionics and a full body exoskeleton.

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!

JOB SUMMARY:

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 café.   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.

• 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.

Salary: $20 - $25.36 / hour. We would expect those hired into this job would be paid within this hourly rate, however, certain circumstances may allow us to pay outside of this hourly rate

• Affordable medical, dental and vision plans provided to meet the needs of full employees and their families 
• Up to 20 days of PTO for full time employees
• 6 paid holidays for full time employees 
• Tuition reimbursement, continuing education opportunities and apprenticeship programs for eligible employees 
• 401(k) retirement plan 
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts