Unit Secretary - ER

Unit Secretary - ER – LCMC Health

As a Unit Secretary, you’re the heart of patient care as you organize and manage supportive clerical services and communication for your unit. You coordinate administrative tasks and create a welcoming environment for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.

• Ensures a safe environment for patients and others while performing priority technical procedures safely and legally.
• Transcribes orders and maintains patient charts while fulfilling receptionist and clerical duties.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to improve patient care and ensure orderly unit operation.
• Demonstrates care and concern for customers, adhering to HIPAA guidelines and seeking assistance when needed.
• Utilizes effective interpersonal communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes and perceptions of satisfaction.
• Enters supply rooms on nursing units as required for job functions, refraining from manipulating intravenous fluids.
• Contributes to continuity of patient care by complying with established hospital and departmental policies.
• Maintains documentation consistent with established guidelines to support patient care continuity.

• High School Diploma/GED or work experience equivalent
• 1 to 3 years of experience as a Secretary or Unit Clerk in a healthcare setting required

• Associate's Degree in Nursing, Medical Science or equivalent

• Shift: Days (United States of America)
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Job function:
  Administrative

LCMC Health is a community that celebrates authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude. Our people make health happen—bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond, with a touch of heart and soul in healthcare.

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one‑size‑fits‑all, think one‑of‑a‑kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you — because we do

LCMC Health is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.