Unit Secretary

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Washington DC, DC, US Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 21, 2025 Last posted March 21, 2025
Job description

Overview

The Unit Secretary is responsible for providing administrative and health information management support to the Inpatient Center (IPC).  This may include insurance documents, personal information, patient rights and privacy information, as well as discharge and transfer paperwork.  This person will be responsible for daily reporting of all patient status changes, database/spreadsheet updates, and assembly and analysis of all active and closed medical records.

 

Location: Sibley Hospital

 

Schedule: Every other weekend 7:00am-3:30pm

 

COVID-19 vaccine required to be completed upon start

Responsibilities

Provides administrative and health information management support to the Inpatient Center (IPC).  Responsible for daily reporting of all patient status changes, database/spreadsheet updates, and assembly and analysis of all active and closed medical records.

Qualifications

Education

Must have a High School Diploma or GED.

 

Experience

Must have two years medical secretary or medical/hospital office experience.  Must have knowledge of Excel spreadsheets as well as computer experience.  Knowledge of medical terminology is required and switchboard experience is preferred.

About this role

Summary

Provide administrative and health info support, manage patient records, update databases, report patient status.

Job title

Unit Secretary

Experience level

2+ years

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Washington DC, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Excelmedical terminologycomputer experiencemedical secretary

Preferred skills

switchboard

Specializations

medical recordsadministrationhealth information
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Washington, DC, USA

Work arrangement unknown City