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Description
The salary range for this position is CAD $30.03 - $30.03 / hour
Job Summary
Come work with us!
We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.
Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including earning four weeks of vacation in your first year, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.
Detailed Overview
Performs a variety of receptionist, clerical and record keeping functions, including transcription of physicians' orders, compiling admission charts, scheduling patient appointments and maintaining inventory of equipment and supplies.
Responsibilities
- Processes physicians' orders as per established procedures, including transcribing orders, scheduling patient appointments, completing appropriate requisitions and flagging charts for Registered Nurses to check.
- Acts as a unit receptionist for staff, patients and visitors by receiving and recording telephone messages, answering general inquiries and giving out room locations.
- Compiles charts for new admissions, files documents related to patient data, completes necessary documentation on transfer or death and completes file reduction on discharge charts for medical records, according to established procedures.
- Receives and records telephoned Laboratory reports and incorporates on patient file.
- Maintains daily ward census according to facility requirements and compiles statistics for unit, such as occupancy and discharge figures.
- Prepares requisitions for supplies, equipment, repairs and maintenance work for the unit as per established procedures.
- Accepts calls from nursing staff regarding illnesses and absence from work, and commuincates information received to nursing units and appropriate personnel. Calls in relief nursing staff according to predetermined guidelines and refers problems to supervisor. Maintains timekeeping records for regular and relief staff and submits to payroll.
- Files unit documents, such as manual revisions and minutes of meetings.
- Assists in orientating new personnel to nursing station procedures by providing general information as requested.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
Grade 12, medical terminology and graduation from a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk Program plus one year's recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to type 40 wpm.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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