Unit Secretary- Labor and Delivery Part Time Days
Posted Sep 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about keeping a busy desk organized when the unit is full.
What they are checking: Whether they have a system, since the desk is where the unit's information lives.
The posting asks for independent thinking when resolving issues. Tell me about a time you did that.
What they are checking: The posting is explicit about judgment rather than only following instructions.
This is part time days on labor and delivery. How does that fit your life?
What they are checking: Honest fit with the hours and the setting.
What do you think makes a good unit secretary?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the role holds the unit together, which is why people value it.
What would you do
You are the voice of the unit on the phone. How do you handle a call from a frightened family member?
What they are checking: Whether they can be calm and careful about what they can say.
Three call lights, a ringing phone and someone at the desk. What order do you do things in?
What they are checking: Triage at a unit desk, which is the whole job.
How do you decide what you can tell someone who calls asking about a patient?
What they are checking: Confidentiality, which on labor and delivery is tested constantly.
Someone arrives on the unit who should not be there. What do you do?
What they are checking: Security awareness, which matters a great deal on a maternity unit.
How do you work with nurses who are in the middle of something and cannot stop?
What they are checking: Whether they can read a unit's rhythm rather than interrupt it.
How do you respond to a call light when you do not know what the patient needs?
What they are checking: Whether they go and find out rather than guess or ignore.
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