Outpatient Services Secretary Full Time Position Available In Darlington, South Carolina

Outpatient Services Secretary Full Time
Hartsville, South Carolina
Facility Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
Req

ID 543226

Post Date 05/20/2025 Category Administrative Description At ScionHealth, we empower our caregivers to do what they do best. We value every voice by caring deeply for every patient and each other. We show courage by running toward the challenge and we lean into new ideas by embracing curiosity and question asking. Together, we create our culture by living our values in our day-to-day interactions with our patients and teammates. 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 Qualifications 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