Skip to main content
Search Jobs

Recruitment Fraud Notice

UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital is a free-standing post-acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital operated jointly between UC Davis Health and Lifepoint Health. This new 58,000 square foot 52-bed hospital will be the first free-standing physical rehabilitation hospital in Sacramento. The facility will have all private rooms and focus on acute rehabilitation for patients who suffer from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, multiple trauma, amputation and other injuries or disorders. The large multidisciplinary therapy gymnasiums will be outfitted with the latest therapeutic technologies, including augmented reality balance training, therapy bionics and a full body exoskeleton.

If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!

Unit Secretary-IRF PRN

Sacramento, California

Req ID 535353 Post Date Feb. 21, 2025 CategoryRegistered Nurse FacilityUC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital
Apply

Description

UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital is a free-standing post-acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital operated jointly between UC Davis Health and Lifepoint Health. This new 58,000 square foot 52-bed hospital will be the first free-standing physical rehabilitation hospital in Sacramento. The facility will have all private rooms and focus on acute rehabilitation for patients who suffer from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, multiple trauma, amputation and other injuries or disorders. The large multidisciplinary therapy gymnasiums will be outfitted with the latest therapeutic technologies, including augmented reality balance training, therapy bionics and a full body exoskeleton.

If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!

JOB SUMMARY:

Supports nursing department operations by assisting with administrative duties such as greeting visitors, scheduling appointments, transferring phone calls, admitting and discharging patients, communicating and coordinating between physicians, nursing staff and other hospital staff.  May transcribe physician orders and file paperwork.  May assist with patient care as trained.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Ensures visitors are acknowledged quickly and helps direct them and answer any questions.
  • Initiates medical record upon admission.  Maintains said record during patient stay, and closes the record upon patient discharge within the electronic medical record.
  • Initiates follow-up regarding doctors’ orders.
  • Ensures that all patient and special charges are processed.
  • Serves as unit receptionist for incoming and outgoing calls and visitor information.
  • Interacts frequently with unit personnel, physicians, visitors, patients’ families and other ancillary hospital personnel for the purpose of giving and receiving information.
  • Has contact with patients.  Duties may include answering patient lights, and fulfilling patient request for non-care items, attend appointments with patients, working in the café.   Requires professional, courteous, and helpful manner in all contacts with customers.
  • Position involves multi-tasking in a high stress environment.  Requires constant mental alertness and the ability to calmly and accurately perform duties when subjected to frequent and varied interruptions.
  • Must have the ability to exercise judgment and initiative in the resolution of problems encountered.
  • Ensures that all patient and unit equipment, supplies and procedures are ordered and received,
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

  • High school diploma required, with two years of college level education preferred.
  • Computer experience required.
  • Prior experience in a hospital setting is preferred. 
  • Must have the ability to work with all levels of medical personnel, patients and families,
  • Ability to speak and write concisely with knowledge of medical terminology desirable.

Salary: $25.00 hourly.  For this per diem position, we anticipate that compensation will fall within the stated hourly rate. However, under certain circumstances, we may offer pay outside of this range.

  • Affordable medical, dental and vision plans provided to meet the needs of full employees and their families 
  • Up to 20 days of PTO for full time employees
  • 6 paid holidays for full time employees 
  • Tuition reimbursement, continuing education opportunities and apprenticeship programs for eligible employees 
  • 401(k) retirement plan 
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts

UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital provides ongoing care to patients in their recovery journey. We offer customized, intensive rehabilitation tailored to the individual needs of those recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation, and orthopedic injury. Our hospital strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs.

Apply

Explore This Location

Explore This Location

Learn More

In the news

You have no recently viewed jobs

You have no saved jobs

Let’s Connect! Talent Community

From roles that are right for you to new opportunities, we’ll keep you up to date with job openings and more in our newsletter. Already a member? Click here

Interested InSelect a job category from the list of options. Select a location from the list of options. Click “Add” to create your job alert. Finally, click "Subscribe" below to finish signing up for our Talent Community.