Unit Clerk

Salary

CAD $29.16 - $29.16 / hour

We are hiring a Casual Unit Clerk to join our team in Chilliwack, B.C. 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, value diversity in the workforce, and seek to maintain an environment of respect, caring, and trust. A career with Fraser Health offers a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment.

We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

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Under general supervision, performs a variety of clerical duties related to the operation of a patient care area such as acting as a communication link for the area, transcribing and processing physicians' orders, coordinating with other departments and facilities, coordinating patient appointments, arranging patient tests and receiving results, receiving and directing visitors, and assembling and maintaining patient charts.

• Prioritizes, processes, coordinates, and transcribes physicians' orders by copying information, completing required forms, entering information into the computer, distributing information, and performing follow‑up as necessary.
• Schedules, books, and coordinates patient appointments by receiving appointment requests, arranging appropriate dates and times, making follow‑up appointments, adjusting appointments as required, and maintaining appointment diaries.
• Acts as a communication link for the assigned area by contacting other facilities and departments, including bed booking, exchanging information regarding bed availability to assist admissions, discharges, and/or patient transfers; receives patient tests and visitors, provides information, and directs them to the appropriate area.
• Assembles and maintains patient charts according to established procedures; transcribes patient data into the applicable health record system; attaches patient documents such as lab and/or special examination reports; dismantles and forwards discharged patient records to Health Records.
• Answers telephones, transfers calls, takes messages, answers routine inquiries or refers as appropriate, opens and distributes mail as required.
• Performs related clerical duties such as data entry, filing, compiling, preparing and maintaining statistics, delivering and picking up items, maintaining and ordering stationery and supplies through stores, and arranging for and tracking equipment repairs as required.
• Maintains time‑keeping records for regular and casual staff and submits/enters to payroll system as required.
• Receives and processes requests such as vacation, leaves of absence, and terminations by preparing necessary documentation and forwarding to the Manager, Clinical Services or designate for approval.
• Accepts calls from nursing staff regarding illnesses and/or absence from work, communicates information received to nursing unit and appropriate person, calls in relief nursing staff according to pre‑determined guidelines, and refers problems to the Manager, Clinical Services or designate.
• Maintains records on relief staff such as names, address, contact phone number, availability for work, suitable work area, and hours worked.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Grade 12, medical terminology, and graduation of a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk program, plus one year of recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• 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 keyboard at 40 WPM.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Ability to utilize a variety of computer software applications.

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