**Unit Secretary**

**Full-time, Nights**

_Are you looking for a rewarding career with an award-winning company? We’re looking for a qualified_ _Unit Secretary_ _to join Texas Health._

**Work location:** Texas Health Fort Worth- 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104

**Work hours:** Full-time, 36 hours/week, Nights (7pm- 7am)

**Highlights:**

· Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth is an 815-bed, Magnet-designated regional referral center that has served the residents of Tarrant County and surroundings communities since 1930. Hospital services include cardiovascular care, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics and sports medicine, neonatal intensive care, and trauma/emergency medicine. Texas Health Fort Worth has a 75,000 square foot Emergency Services Center, one of the largest in the region and more than 4,000 employees, 200 volunteers and nearly 1,000 physicians on its medical staff. Texas Health Fort Worth received national recognition for its oncology program and was named “Best Place to Have a Baby” in Tarrant County. The hospital is also certified as a designated Comprehensive Stroke Center and a Primary Heart Attack Center PHAC by the Joint Commission. We invite you to join us in furthering your career and our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.

· See what working at a **“100 Best Company To Work For”** is like!

**Here’s What You Need**

· High School Diploma or Equivalent Required.

· CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required.

· Possesses organizational skills to function in a fast-paced work environment, positive interpersonal skills, and good verbal and written communication skills.

**What You Will Do**

· Performs all tasks to meet the needs of physicians, staff, patient, and other customers.

· Demonstrates acceptable organizational skills.

· Communicates effectively.

· Interactions include consideration for patient population specific needs.

· Takes action to reduce/eliminate patient risks.

· Uses Professional Practice Model philosophy to work in partnership with patients, families, physicians, peers, and all other disciplines.

· Demonstrates adaptability and flexibility to changes in schedule and/or workload assignment necessary to meet changing needs of the individual patient or unit.

· Makes new team members feel welcome and offers assistance with orientation of new employees.

· Acceptable use of interpersonal relationship skills and communication with patients, families, co-workers, physicians, all disciplines, and other customers.

· Organizes workload and effectively collaborates with nursing to prioritize care.

· Serves as a patient advocate.

· Assists with documentation that supports and meets hospital and regulatory requirements

Complies with personnel policies i.e. Attendance, ID badge, Dress Code, et. al.

· Maintains Unit Secretary skills.

· Communicates per department expectations.

· Assists in the identification of ineffective and costly processes and takes action to improve them.

· Participates in the process improvement activities within the department/hospital,

· Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals

**Additional perks of being a Texas Health Unit Secretary**

· Benefits include 401k with match, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, student Loan repayment program, as well as several other benefits.

· A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

· Explore our Texas Health careers site (https://jobs.texashealth.org/) for info like Benefits (https://jobs.texashealth.org/benefits) , Job Listings by Category (https://jobs.texashealth.org/professions) , recent Awards (https://jobs.texashealth.org/awards) we’ve won and more.

**_Do you still have questions or concerns?_** Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org .

Texas Health requires a resume when an application is submitted.Employment opportunities are only reflective of wholly owned Texas Health Resources entities.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employees or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.