Shifts Available: Days  

Employment Type: Full-time 

Hours:8-hour shifts – 7:30a-4pm

Department: Wound Care

Location: Dallas Regional Medical Center – Mesquite, TX

We are seeking a department secretary, also referred to as a Unit Clerk or Clinical Unit Secretary  A department secretary provides indirect patient care by managing departmental communications, organizing records, transcribing physician orders when needed, and ensuring charts, logs, and electronic records are accurate and complete. They support the Perinatal Unit by coordinating with physicians and departments, ordering supplies, restocking rooms after transfers or discharges, and assisting nursing staff with non-clinical tasks.

• The Wound Care Department Secretary performs clerical duties for the Wound Care Department such as answering telephones, greeting patients and preparing requisitions for outpatients.
• Other duties include, but are not limited to, filing patient reports, retrieving patient records for physicians or medical records.
• The Wound Care Department Secretary should demonstrate adequate knowledge of the usual terminology of tests ordered in Wound Care.
• This person should demonstrate good telephone etiquette and be able to greet patients and other visitors in a polite and friendly manner.
• Maneuvers through reception area, as well as, outside storage area.
• Provides clerical support by utilizing telephone, computer, office equipment, PACS (Picture Archive and Communication System) and by running errands throughout the facility.

• 1 year experience in receptionist work preferred.
• Knowledge of terminology of Wound Care preferred.
•  High School diploma or Equivalen