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Job Summary

• Facilitates the smooth running of the department by performing a broad range of clerical duties: Greets and directs all traffic, transcribes medical orders, maintains medical records, communicates effectively, ensure precautions are followed, answers telephones, provides customer services in a timely manner, and assists in providing a safe and efficient department

Essential Functions

To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Organizes, types and prepares surgical schedule for distribution to appropriate departments daily in a timely manner
• Collaborates with the charge nurse to determine the priority of surgical cases to be performed and does so in a timely manner
• Schedules cases and procedures according to protocol of surgical unit
• Maintains a supply of supplies needed for front desk
• Always maintains confidentiality of patients and medical records
• Communicate patient and departmental information received to charge nurse and other members of the health care team
• Directs physicians and visitors as requested promptly and courteously
• Communicates information essential to the smooth running of the surgical unit
• Communicates all patient and/or visitors' complaints to the Charge Nurse and/or Director
• Accurately updates the surgical census daily and distributes stats to appropriate departments as requested
• Adheres to safety plan (i.e., body mechanics, universal precautions, fall preventions, etc.) with no error trending
• Keeps an organized work area and desk clean
• Other duties as assigned

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent, required

Experience

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action