Unit Clerk, Medicine Outpatient Memorial Hospital
Job in
Langley, BC, Canada
Listing for:
Fraser Health
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-07-30
Job specializations:
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Administrative/Clerical
Healthcare Administration, Medical Receptionist
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Healthcare
Healthcare Administration, Medical Receptionist
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 30.03 CAD Hourly
CAD
30.03
HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $30.03 - $30.03 / hour
Job Summary 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 four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.
Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives 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.
Connect with us! Detailed Overview
Under general supervision, performs a variety of clerical duties related to the operation of an outpatient care area including scheduling and booking appointments and registering patients. Acts as a communication link for the area, transcribing and processing physicians' orders, coordinating with other departments and facilities, arranging patient tests and receiving results, receiving and directing patients and visitors, and assembling and maintaining patient charts.
Responsibilities
Schedules andbooksoutpatient appointments by receiving appointment requests,making follow up appointments, adjusting appointment sin accordance with patient and facility requirements, and assigning to the appropriate time, date and location. Maintains appointment schedules by arranging and confirming patient appointments; prepares appointment slates and distributes slate to designated hospital departments as required.Reviews and screens outpatient booking requests, receives patients, obtains/confirms registration information, registers patient in the appropriate system and completes 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; arranges patient tests and performs follow up as necessary.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 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 and appropriate person; calls in relief nursing staff according to pre-determined guidelines and refers problems to the Manager, Clinical Servicesor 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.Qualifications
Education and Experience 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.
Skills and Abilities- 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.
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…
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