Medical Office Assistant

Position Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a casual Medical Office Assistant to join our friendly team at the South Similkameen Health Centre in Keremeos, B.C. This role offers rotating daytime shifts, Monday to Saturday, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

This is a Casual opportunity. Casual means there are no guaranteed hours and work requirements can vary from 0 - 37.5 hours per week. Many careers with us begin with casual employment and lead to permanent or temporary career opportunities.

What to Include with Your Application
Please ensure your application includes:
1. Typing Test - Minimum 40 wpm, completed within the last 48 months from a recognized institution. Click here for testing details.
2. Medical Office Assistant - Certificate or proof of course completion
3. Education & Experience - Grade 12 plus two years’ recent related experience (or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
4. Resume - Highlighting your skills and relevant experience
5. Cover Letter - Include your availability to start a new position

How Will We Help You Grow?
Interior Health offers excellent benefits for permanent and temporary roles and many opportunities to maximize your skills. We are an organization where you have room to grow in a place where life outside of work is just as important to us as it is to you.

What Will You Work On?
This position performs clerical and cashier duties for medical staff under the general direction of the Site Manager, such as:
-Clerical duties - answering the telephone, scheduling patient appointments and maintaining records of appointments;
-Obtains medical information from patients and completes a variety of standard forms;
-Obtains patients’ charts, medical reports, lab results and x-rays;
-Receives/records payments and issues change and receipts;
-Types technical and non-technical material - correspondence, medical reports, statements, medical billings, revisions or dictating machines;
-Telephones or transmits test results and medical information to patients, physicians and others;
-Arranges referrals to other health care providers and books patient appointments with out of town specialists and diagnostic service agencies;

If you are an experienced Medical Office Assistant and want to be challenged in your role while working with a solid and experienced team in a wonderful working environment, Apply Today!

Qualfications
Education, Training & Experience

-Medical Office Assistant certificate
-Grade 12, plus two years recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training & experience.
-Completion of a Typing Test of 40 wpm dated within the past 48 months and must be issued from a valid institution only. (Non-supervised tests are not accepted.) Click here for testing details.
-Knowledge of Medical Terminology
-Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
-Ability to deal with others effectively
-Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
-Ability to organize work
-Ability to operate related equipment