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Day - 12 hour shiftJoin Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Nursing Assistant (Non-Certified)/Clinical SecretaryAre you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team.
As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day. A Brief OverviewThe Clinical Secretary Nursing Assistant performs clerical duties on a nursing unit, answers the telephone, relays messages and acts as a receptionist receiving and directing visitors and ambulatory patients.
The Clinical Secretary Nursing Assistant is responsible for direct patient care services as assigned by the Clinical Director and under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.
Answer telephone and patient call bells in a prompt and appropriate manner Update patient electronic medical records (EMR) timely using appropriate sources, ensuring accurate, complete, and consistent documentation Coordinate patient movement, where and when appropriate, including transfers, transports, referrals, and consults, ensuring appropriate communication and documentation. Communicate changes in patient’s conditions to nurse and provider where appropriate Maintain a consistently clean and well-organized work areaEducation QualificationsHigh School Diploma required with the successful completion of Medical Terminology course and a passing score on the examination.
Or may substitute 2 years previous specific work experience with medical terminology for the Medical Terminology course certification. (Example: HIM Tech, Paralegal, Medical Biller, Medical Secretary, Patient Access Representative) Required or High School Diploma with the completion of approved course of study for Nursing Assistant training or successful completion of fundamentals semester of Nursing school preferred.
Required Experience Qualifications One year Clerical experience or Nursing Assistant experience Preferred Skills and AbilitiesWorks with patients, families, physicians, and other health care providers. Licenses and CertificationsCertified Nursing Assistant - National Nurse Aide Assessment Program Preferred Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association is required within 30 days of hire. Recertification every two years is Required Physical DemandMedium Physical DemandThe intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position.
Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.