Nursing Communication Tech - General Surgical Unit - 12 Hour Days

Cedars-Sinai
CA, United States
Full-time

Make a difference every single day at Cedars-Sinai!

When the work you do every day has an influential impact on the lives of others, every effort, detail, and second matters!

Why work here?

The shared value of happiness, drive and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our fifth consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence.

From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using advanced facilities, you’ll have everything you'll need to do something incredible for yourself, and for others.

Join us and discover why . News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals.

What will you be doing in this role?

As a Nursing Communications Technician (NCT), you will coordinate the administrative functions for the inpatient nursing department, or major unit.

Working in collaboration with other departments to maintain adequate supplies and tracks status of equipment repairs.

  • Greets all visitors and assumes responsibility for responding to customer requests.
  • Respond to simple requests upon checking with the RN like passing water, situating or ensuring that the phone is within reach, assist with getting blankets, and other similar activities.
  • Performs all clerical / administrative functions vital to process and maintain medical records. Responsible for assisting with inventory control of operational and unit specific forms, medical record forms, and office supplies
  • Enters patient information into the call light system and assigns locators and pagers, and routes requests to staff
  • Demonstrates effective communication and customer service skills with patients, family members, physicians, and other medical center departments
  • Responsible for greeting and orienting new staff to be a resource, especially to new RNs and staff floating from other department
  • Performs a broad range of administrative activities or tasks specific to the unit needs
  • Acts as a receptionist for the unit, answering and relaying calls, accepting and relaying other communications

Qualifications :

  • High School Diploma / GED : Required
  • 2 years in a medical setting or successful completion of an approved course in hospital clerical responsibilities : Required
  • Knowledge of medical terminology : Preferred
  • 30+ days ago
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