Join our team! Laredo Medical Center’s 3C Med Surg Unit provides 38 private patient rooms for specialized care for treating complex medical and surgical patients. Position's Purpose and Essential Functions: The Unit Secretary answers the telephone, takes messages and communicates with other members of the hospital staff, physicians, patients and/or their relatives courteously. Files and post all diagnostic reports and graphs vital signs on the patients chart after review by the nursing staff. Transcription and order entry of physician's orders appropriately and accordance with LMC policy and procedures. Job Requirement Include: + **Required:** High School diploma or equivalent. + **Required:** Ability to type and perform computer data entry. + **Preferred:** Current National Certification as a Health Unit Coordinator. + **Preferred:** Knowledge of Medical Terminology preferred. + **Preferred:** Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred. Equal Employment Opportunity This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.