Hospital Unit Secretary, Labor and Delivery, Per Diem, Variable Schedule

Department: Holtz Women's and Children - Labor & Delivery
Address: 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136
Shift Details: Per Diem, On Call/Pool, Days

Why Jackson:
Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the southeast United States, where UHealth - University of Miami Health System physicians treat children from throughout Florida and the Caribbean. Holtz Children’s is known worldwide for its care of critically ill newborns in its neonatal intensive care unit, which is one of the largest in the United States and boasts some of the best medical outcomes. In collaboration with the Miami Transplant Institute, Holtz Children’s is one of only three centers in the country that specializes in pediatric multi-organ transplants. It is home to one of only three state-accredited comprehensive children’s kidney failure centers and one of the largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the world. The Children’s Heart Center at Holtz Children’s is the only comprehensive children’s heart program in South Florida. In partnership with the University of Miami, Holtz Children’s also trains the most pediatric physicians of any medical center in the southeastern United States.

Position Summary: 

• Hospital Unit Secretary is a member of the health care team who, under supervision, performs diversified clerical duties which relate to organizing, coordinating, and facilitating varied functions and activities on a patient care unit.
• Performs specific job criteria/performance standards according to prevailing applicable unit, division, hospital and professional standards.
  
  Duties & Responsibilities:
• Answers patient call lights and relays information to nursing staff promptly.
• Performs charge posting. Maintains proper stock of forms and supplies.
• Transcribes all physicians' orders and completes all requisitions accurately into the computer.
• Maintains patient medical records in appropriate and sequential order.
• Files reports and test results in a timely manner.
• Thins charts when necessary.
• Labels charts clearly with patient's name, physician's name and room number.
• Enters patient's weight, height and allergies into the Hospital Information System on admission.
•  Assists in the orientation of new staff, as directed. Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise).
• Performs all other related job duties as assigned.