Also called: Unit Secretary, Unit Clerk
Keeps a hospital floor organized: phones, paperwork, admissions, and discharges.
Sits at the nurses' station answering calls, entering orders, tracking beds, and greeting families. Knows where everything and everyone is.
Estimate based on BLS medical secretaries.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; short certificate optional.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Stable.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Doctors enter orders directly and bed boards automate; a hub at the nurses' station persists on fewer units.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply for unit secretary or health unit coordinator jobs at hospitals
Classes: Health-science CTE, Computer applications, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-6013.
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