Unit Secretary

East Houston Medical Center | Full time;
Part time

Baytown, United States | Posted on 05/05/2026

From the moment patients arrive, they are guided with compassion, clarity, and clinical excellence at every stage of their journey. Our teams work collaboratively to ensure timely access to care, seamless coordination, and ongoing support well beyond discharge.

With modern patient rooms, an in-house pharmacy, and hands‑on executive leadership, our hospital is dedicated to delivering healthcare where dignity, precision, and people always come first.

• Specialist consults within record time.
• Advanced clinical care with exceptional patient services.

East Houston Medical Center’s Baytown facility is seeking Unit Secretaries who can bring organization, courtesy, and dependable communication to busy clinical areas. This position supports the flow of information between patients, families, nurses, providers, and departments.

• Answer phones, route calls, relay messages, and support timely communication between departments.
• Assist with admissions, transfers, discharges, patient movement, and unit coordination.
• Maintain logs, forms, charts, unit documentation, and clerical tracking tools as assigned.
• Support provider communication, consult coordination, order routing, and department requests.
• Greet patients, families, visitors, vendors, and staff with professionalism and discretion.
• Assist with supply requests, equipment needs, work orders, and unit organization.
• Enter data accurately into facility systems and help maintain complete administrative records.
• Protect patient confidentiality and follow HIPAA, visitor, access, and communication policies.

Full‑time and part‑time schedules may include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays depending on assigned unit needs.

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Prior hospital, clinic, front desk, call center, or unit secretary experience preferred.
• Medical terminology knowledge preferred.
• Strong computer, phone, multitasking, organization, and communication skills.
• Ability to remain courteous and composed in a clinical environment.