Unit Secretary-Hemodialysis Tech, Inpatient Dialysis

Unit Secretary-Hemodialysis Tech, Inpatient Dialysis

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC

Full-Time: 3 (12hr) Shifts weekly, 36hrs weekly

Shift: 7:30am - 8pm

 

JOB SUMMARY: 

Functions as a Unit secretary for Hemodialysis (scheduling patient times, monitoring patient transport, answering phone, maintaining, updating, and filing of patient records…etc.). This position also allows for dialysis tech scope of care: setup and management of hemodialysis machines and ROs and patient care as needed.

 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 

High school diploma or GED equivalent. 

In addition to meeting US training, must have and maintain a Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician (CCHT) certification. 

 

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: 

CCHT, BLS

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

1. Completes clerical duties for patient scheduling, admissions, procedures, transfers, surgeries, discharges, and deaths under the direction of a Registered Nurse. 
2. Handles and screens incoming calls and transmits messages as necessary.
3. Contributes to a safe, secure and therapeutic environment for patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers by following established procedures. 
4. Ensures complete, confidential, accurate, and timely communication of patient information.
5. Completes requisitions, data entry, and nursing communication forms. 
6. Communicates to the team, co-workers, patients, and family members in an effective, positive, and professional manner.
7. Serves as a resource for other hemo techs, RNs and patients when needed (as assigned by RN) by assisting with maintenance of dialysis equipment including setup, breakdown, and care of the R/O.
8. Maintains CCHT standards when caring for patients or equipment.
9. Takes personal responsibility and initiative for performance, professional growth, and development.
10. Conducts work in an organized, quiet, efficient manner and demonstrates ability to cope with stressful situations.
11. Completes assigned unit responsibilities and assists other staff members in completion of their duties when time permits.
12. Provides age/developmentally appropriate patient care in accordance with Age/Developmental Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.

 

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Solid oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills/ Ability to work collaboratively.

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Interaction with multiple levels of staff and departments
• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances with 
• Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases 
• Subject to multiple interruptions
• Long periods on a computer
• Possible exposure to cleaning agents/chemicals 
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours
• Uses personal protective equipment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

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