Unit Clerk,MICY - Royal Columbian Hospital Job Burnaby area,New Westminster BC Canada,Administrative/Clerical

Location: New Westminster

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $30.03 - $30.03 / hour

Job Summary

We are currently hiring for a Relief Full Time Unit Clerk, MICY to join our Maternal
- Infant
- Child & Youth (MICY) team at Royal Columbian Hospital located in New Westminster, B.C. This position is available until approximately October 2027 or until the return of the incumbent.

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to:

Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year
Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits
Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
Maternity top-up (eligibility requirements to qualify)
50% subsidy on Trans Link passes

* Eligibility based on employment status *

We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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Detailed Overview

Under general supervision, performs a variety of clerical duties related to the operation of a patient care area such as registering patients, 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.

Responsibilities

Performs registration duties as required. Receives patients upon arrival to the unit and obtains/confirms information required to register patient. Registers patient in the computerized admission/discharge/transfer system and completes related registration documentation.

Prioritizes, processes, coordinates and transcribes physicians' orders by copying information, completing required forms and/or entering information into the computer and distributing information; performs follow up as necessary.

Schedules, books and coordinates inpatient and/or outpatient appointments by receiving appointment requests, arranging appropriate appointment dates andtimes, making follow up appointments, adjusting appointment as required in accordance with patient and facility requirements; arranges patient tests; maintains appointment diaries by arranging and confirming patient appointments.

Acts as a communication link for the assigned area by contacting other facilities and departments, including bed booking to exchange information regarding bed availability to assist admissions, discharges and/or patient transfers; receives patient's tests, and receives visitors, provides information and directs to appropriate area.

Assembles and maintains patient charts according to established procedures; transcribes patient data into applicable health record system; attaches patient documents such as lab and/or special examination reports to chart; dismantles and forwards discharged patient records to Health Records.

Answers telephones, transfers calls, takes messages, answers routine inquiries or referring as appropriate; opens and distributes mail as required.

Performs related clerical duties such as keyboarding, data entry, filing, compiling, preparing and maintaining statistics including related reports, delivering and picking up items,maintaining and ordering stationary and supplies through stores, and arranging for and tracking equipment repairs as required.

Maintains timekeeping records for regular and casual staffand 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 and communicates information received to nursing…

Unit Clerk, MICY - Royal Columbian Hospital