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Med Surg Ortho Unit Secretary-FT

BJC HealthCare logoBJC HealthCare$16.5–$19.11/hrO'Fallon, MOFull timePosted 3d ago
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About the job

Additional Information About the Role

  • Preferred experience as a unit secretary
  • Benefits Eligible
  • 40 hours per week
  • Days: 6:00am-2:30pm
  • Holiday Rotation
  • Every other weekend required

Overview

Opened in 2007, Progress West Hospital is BJC HealthCare’s newest hospital in St. Charles County, featuring modern private rooms. It offers 24-hour emergency services and has partnered with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide world-class pediatric emergency care.

Progress West Hospital also provides surgical services, endoscopy services, a cardiac catheterization lab, medical/surgical inpatient services, diagnostic imaging, lab services, and the Advanced Wound Center, a specialty wound treatment facility with state-of-the-art equipment. Progress West Hospital recently completed an expansion of its Childbirth Center to include enhanced services for at-risk mothers and babies, with a newborn ICU that provides care for babies born as early as 32 weeks.

Progress West Hospital is a Certified Level II Stroke Center. The hospital’s medical office building houses offices for specialists in primary care, cardiology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthopedics.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Unit Secretary performs clerical duties supporting the operations of the patient care team.

Responsibilities

  • Supports the clinical operations by providing customer service and clerical support.
  • Transcribes physician orders as appropriate with close attention to detail.
  • Notifies appropriate nurse when STAT orders are written or when coordinating tests and procedures. Communicates new orders to the healthcare team as appropriate.

Minimum Requirements

Education

  • High School Diploma or GED

Experience

  • No Experience

Supervisor Experience

  • No Experience

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary .

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

From BJC HealthCare's job posting, checked Oct 24, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About BJC HealthCare

BJC HealthCare is the St. Louis region of BJC Health (formerly BJC Health System), the nonprofit system formed in 2024 when BJC merged with Saint Luke's Health System of Kansas City. BJC Health has 24 (source: BJC HealthCare, About, opens in a new tab) hospital campuses and about 48,000 (source: BJC HealthCare, About, opens in a new tab) employees; BJC HealthCare's hospitals are in the St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois. Source: BJC HealthCare, About

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