Unit Secretary - Evenings

Inova Alexandria Hospital – Oakville Emergency Department | Unit Secretary | Full-time, 12-hour evening Shift: 11am - 11pm or 12pm - 12am, every 5th weekend, 36-hour per week. Inova Alexandria Hospital - Oakville Emergency Department is seeking a dedicated Unit Secretary to join the team. This role will be full-time 12-hour evening shift, 11am - 11pm or 12pm - 12am, every 5th weekend, 36-hour per week. Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. **Featured Benefits:** - **Committed to Team Member Health:** offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program. - **Retirement**: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. - **Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:** offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans. - **Mental Health Support:** offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost. - **Work/Life Balance:** offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities. **Unit Secretary** **Responsibilities:** - Performs a variety of clerical activities and unit specific work to support efficient department operations; Copies and faxes records and other information as needed. - Maintains and updates physician and lab databases; Maintains forms and clerical supplies and ensures maintenance of medical supplies based on par levels. - Attend staff and committee meetings and records minutes as requested; Prepares unit charges as appropriate for specific unit needs. - Provides support to ensure effective maintenance of confidential patient information; Creates, maintains, and terminates patient charts in compliance with Medical Records guidelines; Ensures the integrity of the medical record, including patient identification on all chart forms. - Obtains and files test results, lab reports and treatment in charts; Update patient charts in GECE/IDX with the time of discharge and moves them to EDDIS in a timely manner; Runs and distributes EPIC reports as requested by leader. - Assists in answering call bells and communicating specific patient needs to staff; Triages and escalates patient issues to next care provider if time exceeds 5 minutes or sooner as appropriate. - Facilitates the movement of patients into and out of unit and keeps the Charge nurse informed of patients to be admitted or transferred; Coordinates with nurses, patient transport and admission personnel regarding admissions and transfers; Schedules diagnostic tests and lab work as prescribed by nursing and medical staff. - Greets patients, families and visitors as they enter the unit. Provides non-clinical information (e.g. directions to a department, location of a patient's room, identification of assigned nurse) to patients, family members, visitors, staff, and physicians; Monitors patient and visitor movements at the nursing station and provide information to facilitate prompt patient care; Ensures that the desk always remains covered. **Minimum Qualifications:** - **Education:** High School or GED. - **Certification:** Basic Life Support (BLS) if also works as a Clinical Technician. **Preferred Qualifications:** - **Experience:** Healthcare and previous EPIC experience. ### About the Company We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to…