Secretary - Surgical Services

At Catholic Health, our primary focus is the way we treat and serve our communities. We work collaboratively to provide compassionate care and utilize evidence-based practice to improve outcomes – to every patient, every time.

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St. Charles Hospital is a proud member of Catholic Health and has served the residents of the Three Village area for more than 110 years. St. Charles is renowned for its outstanding customer service and scored as one of the top hospitals on Long Island in the delivery of high quality care.

Our Surgical Services Secretary will:

• Be responsible for performing administrative tasks for the Surgical Services area
• Manage all telephone calls timely, including taking messages and timely communication with the Healthcare Team
• Maintain all service contracts for all OR equipment
• Maintain all vendor information, education, and current vaccination status
• Input all OR audits
• Receive all add on surgery cases and communicates them to the OR ANCC
• Monitor all arrival times of surgeons, anesthesia and staff for first case on time starts and reports them to director.
• Order and maintain all office supplies for the OR, and supplied for OR EVS; routinely checks supplies and ensures that there are not any expired supplies on cart or on unit
• Track OR equipment
• Maintain minutes for all OR committee and staff meetings
• Communicate information to and/ or from other departments to assist in the coordination of surgeries
• Maintain availability and organization of communication sources, i.e. bulletin boards, assignment boards, reference materials, policy and procedure manuals; phone / beeper directory, etc.
• Maintain a clean and organized OR front desk area
• Complete all Unit logs, refrigerators, eyewash stations etc.
• Participate in unit based performance improvement activities such as conducting Hand Hygiene Surveillance, Foley Surveillance reports, and other as assigned
• Partner with an interdisciplinary team including, but not limited to, attending physicians, Registered Nurses (RNs), and ancillary staff to meet the needs of patients and optimize patient outcomes and satisfaction

What you’ll bring:

• Passion for Healthcare  

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required
• Previous clerical and customer service skills necessary
• Basic computer skills 

• Certification: Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required; CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention Training) to be attained within 3 months of hire  

This range serves as a good faith estimate and actual pay will encompass a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. The salary range or rate listed does not include any bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation that may be applicable to this job and it does not include the value of benefits.

At Catholic Health, we believe in a people-first approach. In addition to the estimated base pay provided, Catholic Health offers generous benefits packages, generous tuition assistance, a defined benefit pension plan, and a culture that supports professional and educational growth.