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Unit Secretary, Surgery -Operating Room Jobs in Toronto – Ontario at North York General Hospital
Title: Unit Secretary, Surgery -Operating Room
Company: North York General Hospital
Location: Toronto – Ontario
Category: Healthcare
Job Description
Unit Secretary, Surgery
-Operating Room Company Bio IMAGINE a hospital where everyone is committed to excellence. We did. We are. From boardroom to bedside, we go above and beyond to offer the best and safest patient care. At North York General Hospital (NYGH), we put our patients first in everything we do. We are achieving a new standard of excellence in integrated
patient-centered care
and as one of Canada’s leading community academic hospitals, we are building on our academic foundation through enhanced
education
, research and
innovation
.
North York General Hospital is part of North York Toronto Health Partners, a
collaborative
partnership with patients, primary care, and community partners, a first- generation Ontario Health Team, driving the development of a locally integrated health system to serve the community. As part of our
dynamic
team, you too can stand out and be amazing! At North York General, our team is making a world of difference.
Position Summary Unit Secretary, Surgery-Operating Room Your goal in this position is to perform administrative, secretarial and receptionist support for the Perioperative Services in a confidential, sensitive and professional manner.
You have
effective written and spoken
communication skills
, use your
critical thinking
and
problem solving
skills, and embrace the challenge of prioritizing work demands in a fast paced and stressful environment. The position supports the hospital’s academic mandate by advancing care through teaching and learning and/or transforming care through research and
innovation
. This position contributes to the shared responsibility of ensuring health and safety policies are followed to provide for a healthy environment for patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and families.
This position supports the Hospital’s academic mandate by advancing care through teaching and learning and/or transforming care through research and
innovation
. This position contributes to the shared responsibility of ensuring health and safety policies are followed to provide for a healthy environment for staff, physicians, volunteers , learners, patients and families. On a practical level, you will Support and adhere to Hospital policies and procedures
Communicate with staff, patients, families, internal and external parties
Coordinate various interdepartmental activities and requests such as transportation of patients for tests, discharge and services required on the unit Accepts, coordinate and triage telephone calls and inquiries and process them in an appropriate and timely manner
Assume responsibility for identification and
advancement
of issues and concerns with the Clinical Team Manager or Coordinator in a time sensitive manner
Compile and disseminate material/documents related to Program activity
Manage confidential information in a sensitive and professional manner
Book surgical patients from the on line S tool into Surginet.
Liase with Surgeon and Endoscopists offices for weekly signoffs and OR packages.
Prepare reports in Cerner and review then confirm completed surgical cases.
Input time cards into Kronos and prepare reports, prepare the nursing on call list for distribution.
Triage management of urgent surgical cases with t…
