Your experience matters
Centra Rehabilitation Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well\-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. By joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
Come join us in our journey of opening a brand\-new hospital!
More about our team
Centra Rehabilitation Hospital is a brand\-new 50 bed inpatient rehabilitation facility opening in 2026\. We offer high\-quality, compassionate care for a wide variety of patients in need. Our teams provide evidence\-based, transformational care for a broad range of injuries and illnesses in a compassionate, comfortable environment.
How you'll contribute
A Unit Secretary who excels in this role:
- 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.
- Education: High school diploma required, with two years of college level education preferred.
- Experience: Computer experience required. Prior experience in a hospital setting preferred.
- Additional Requirements: CPR certification. May be required to work flexible hours and overtime.
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
* Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full\-time and part\-time employees.
* Financial Protection \& PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short\- and long\-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
* Financial \& Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
* Employee Well\-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
* Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
* Brand new facility: Brand new hospital, built from the ground up, with cutting edge equipment and technology!
What we're looking for
Applicants should possess the following qualifications and skills:
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.
About Us
Centra Rehabilitation Hospital is a 50\-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital committed to offering exceptional care to the Lynchburg community. We are part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast.
EEOC Statement
Centra Rehabilitation Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Centra Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.Lifepoint Health is a leader in community\-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post\-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.