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Here, you will act as a central information source for physicians and other health care professionals. Our Unit Secretary’s pride themselves on always maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality. This position is a100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.\nUnder the leadership of the Manager and/or designee provides clerical support to assist in the delivery of quality care to patients. This involves clerical support activities which will facilitate the Patient Care Center operations including: transcription processing of physician orders, serves as a reception agent for all patients/family members, physician, patient care team members, other healthcare team members, and facilitates the channeling of information to appropriate points of service timely and accurately. Demonstrates necessary skills and knowledge to provide services for patients according to unit specific competencies as appropriate to the age of the patient served as delineated in the Center’s Scope of Care.\nEssential Job Functions\nPromotes the values and mission of Ingalls Memorial Hospital. \nPromotes clinical excellence and service.\nStrong patient advocate.\nDemonstrates knowledge of proper telephone function and proper telephone etiquette.\nScreens and coordinates incoming and outgoing calls including recording and reporting pages and messages.\nAnswers call lights promptly, communicates patient needs to appropriate personnel, and follow up on patient requests to ensure response.\nTranscribes medical staff orders in an accurate and timely manner.\nEnsures accurate processing of orders and charges from admission through hospitalization.\nEnsure accurate maintenance of the patient’s medical record and all unit records.\nAssembles the medical record in the proper sequence checking that all forms are stamped.\nIdentifies outlier reports and forms and notes on audit tool for completion.\nParticipates in inventory ordering and the distribution of clerical supplies/patient forms and disposition of outdated forms.\nMonitors discharge activities related to the billing process.\nRequired Qualifications\nUnit Secretary/Clerical experience, background and/or training\nHigh School diploma or equivalent \nAbility to function effectively in an extended team environment\nAbility to resolve conflict effectively\nAbility to give and receive feedback\nComputer literate\nPreferred Qualifications\nMedical Terminology background\nTranscription experience\nExperience with Microsoft Word & Excel\nPosition Details\nJob Type/FTE: Full-Time\nShift: Days (10-hour shifts)\nUnit/Department: Obstetrics\nWork Location - Onsite\nCBA Code: SEI Union","description_format":"text","description_chars":2799,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Women’s Health","Education","Health Care","Hospitals & Clinics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-21T16:16:21Z"}],"liveness":{"score":19,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.354,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":2,"reasons":["conf:4","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/uchicago-medicine-unit-secretary-obstetrics-full-time-40-hours-day-shift","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/uchicago-medicine-unit-secretary-obstetrics-full-time-40-hours-day-shift.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T19:25:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}