**Description** **Introduction** Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Pre-Postop Secretary today with HCA Florida North Florida Hospital. **Benefits** HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: + Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation. + Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more. + Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing + 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service) + Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock + Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance. + Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more + Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts + Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships + Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships) + Colleague recognition program + Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence) + Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income. Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards) **_Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._** Come join our team as a(an) Pre-Postop Secretary. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today! **Job Summary and Qualifications** Responsible for patient care under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Responsible for proper storage, handling, and mixing of breast milk and infant formula feedings. Assists with clerical duties in the absence of Unit Secretary, and PCT duties. **JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES:** + Receives physician’s orders daily regarding infant feedings for the next 24 hours. + Performs refrigerator/freezer daily checks, ensuring that temperatures are within normal ranges. Ensures that bedside refrigerators are checked on a daily basis. Follow hospital protocols for calling Bio Med when temperatures do not meet unit standards. + Restocks supplies within Milk Prep areas within par levels. + Restocks supplies in bedside carts within par levels. + Performs monthly audits as appropriate to ensure Milk Prep process is safe and being consistently followed. + Provides orientation to all new staff and students regarding mixing of breast milk. + Serves as the expert resource to other staff regarding safe delivery of breast milk. + Receives physician’s orders daily regarding infant feedings for the next 24 hours. + Mixes feedings according to guidelines and physician’s orders. + Places each baby’s feedings in their separate bedside refrigerators to be fed. After mixing utilizing aseptic techniques, + Maintains cleanliness of Mixing Room per protocols and according to unit standards. + Performs other related functions as assigned. **PATIENT DOCUMENTATION** + Appropriately documents observations, interactions, patient responses, and other pertinent data at the time of occurrence. + Communicates observations of individual patients to the RN **PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES** + Cooperates in temporary assignments. + Cooperates with other health team members in achieving common goal of quality health care. + Assumes responsibilities for quality care of his/her shift. **PATIENT/FAMILY EDUCATION** + Provides patient/family education as per department and hospital policy and procedure. + Provides teaching material as needed (pamphlets, video tapes, etc.) to enhance patient teaching. + Acts as a resource to parents/families regarding safe handling, delivery and feeding of Human Breast Milk. **UNIT SECRETARY DUTIES** + Answers nursing station telephone and relays message to charge nurse and/or other nursing staff. + Greets and directs visitors at nursing station. + Prepares chart on each patient admitted. Knowledge/Use of downtime forms/processes. + Pulls copy of TPN orders and sends to Pharmacy. + Adds documentation forms to chart as needed. + Assists physician in obtaining charts and diagnostic results. + Assembles the medical record for transfer of patient. + Places medical record in chart rack. + When adding charting material to medical record, ensures that each paper or form is labeled. + Prepares medical record when patient is discharged to send to Medical Records department. + Keep unit clean and organized. + Call consults. + Maintains supplies, forms and necessary requisitions for the unit. + Demonstrates cost effective use and maintenance of unit supplies. + Assists department manager with secretarial duties related to unit. + Welcomes each family member/visitor upon entry into NICU, utilizing exemplary customer service skills. + Ensures security of unit by checking visitors and parent ID as applicable. + Ensures that siblings meet acceptable criteria to visit (ie: temp checks, vaccination records, and no symptoms of illness). + Walks parents, visitors, and siblings to the baby’s bedside, ensuring that nurse approves visit at that time, and that families have a comfortable, acceptable place in which to visit (gather chairs, warm blankets, water, etc, if necessary). + Greets families/visitors when they leave, assuring them that their baby is in good hands, and that we will contact them with any major changes in their care or condition. **NURSE TECH DUTIES** + Maintains cleanliness of Unit, ensuring that families/visitors first impression of the NICU is clean and presentable to them. + Ensures that conversations with families and visitors present are professional and do not involve personal issues or negative remarks. + Washes/dries/folds unit specific laundry, maintaining the laundry room cleanliness. Restocks laundry room supplies, puts laundry up in respective areas. + Provides orientation to all new staff and students regarding PCT and US jobs. **EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/OR PREFERRED:** High School Graduate or GED Preferred **EXPERIENCE REQUIRED OR PREFERRED:** Enrolled in nursing school or 6 months patient care experience in at least one of the following areas: CNA, EMT, PCA, Paramedic, nursing home, hospital, or equivalent. Previous NICU experience preferred. **SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES:** Demonstrated skills in organization, verbal and written communications, customer service, math, analysis, reading, following instruction, basic computer usage. Medical terminology. Able to stand for extended periods of time, and move around the unit freely. Ability to work with Human Breast Milk, including mixing with additives for feedings of infants in NICU. Must have strong math/algebra skills and comprehension abilities. Must be able to think critically. **LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:** BLS required. HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is a 523-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center. For over 49 years, we have served North Central Florida. We offer comprehensive cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, and neurosciences. We offer minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatment. Other services that we provide include women’s health and wound therapy. We are fully accredited by the Joint Commission and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our hospital has an Accredited Chest Pain Center by ACC (American College of Cardiology) and is designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. We are committed to patient safety and quality of care. We have received the highest scores available in recognition of this commitment. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses. "The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Pre-Postop Secretary opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. **Unlock the possibilities and apply today!** We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.