The salary range for this position is CAD $28.31 - $28.31 / hour
Job Summary
We are currently looking to fill a Relief Full-Time opportunity for a Unit Clerk at Eagle Ridge Hospital located in Port Moody, B.C. This position is available until June 2026 or Return of Incumbent
Eagle Ridge Hospital is a 168-bed hospital in Port Moody, British Columbia, serving the communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra. The hospital offers medical, surgical, and cardiac programs, as well as 24/7 emergency services with over 53,000 visits annually.
The Tri-Cities is an informal grouping of three lively suburban communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody and two semi-rural residential areas of Belcarra and Anmore that have grown together and are each unique from the other. These stunning communities offer urban living in a picturesque natural setting - the ideal location for the avid city-goer and outdoor enthusiast. The centrally located area of the Tri-Cities offers the perfect hybrid for all lifestyles.
Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including:
- Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
- Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
- Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
- Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
- Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
- TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
- Additional employee discounts and perks available
*Eligibility based on employment status
Detailed Overview
Performs various patient/resident care related duties, including transcribing physicians' orders, scheduling and booking patient/resident appointments for procedures; maintains relevant records such as patient/resident charts; performs related reception, clerical support and typing duties within a computerized environment for assigned nursing unit or residential care areas.
Responsibilities
- Transcribes physicians' orders by copying information, completing required forms and/or entering information into the computer and distributing as required.
- Schedules patient/resident activities such as diagnostic procedures, appointments or transportation by contacting appropriate departments, anaesthetists, physicians' offices or outside agencies and maintaining related records.
- Maintains patient/resident records according to established procedures by setting up charts, adding or removing forms and forwarding discharged patient records to the Health Records Department.
- Calls in relief staff according to pre-determined guidelines.
- Performs reception duties such as greeting and directing visitors, answering the telephone, taking messages, answering routine enquiries or referring as appropriate; opens and distributes mail as required.
- Assists the Care team in a variety of duties such as explaining routine procedures to patients/residents and verifying patients/residents' name.
- Porters patients to and from other departments as required; delivers and obtains specimens as required.
- Performs clerical duties such as typing, taking minutes and photocopying; maintains filing system and stock supplies for the assigned areas including storage and supply areas as required.
- Distributes mail, packages, stores supplies and flowers to patients/residents/staff.
- Maintains reports and records such as scheduling and timekeeping reports and department statistics; generates and prints off reports according to established procedures.
- Completes, summarizes and submits information according to established procedures.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Graduation from a Unit Clerk training program. Grade 12 plus one year's recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal effectively with others.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Ability to type at 40 w.p.m.
- Ability to organize work.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
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 48,000+ 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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