Medical Administrative Assistant | Medical Admin Support

Interior Health (IH) is hiring a permanent part time (0.80 FTE) Medical Administrative Assistant (MAA) to join our IH Medical Administration Support team at the Kootenay Lake Regional Hospital in Nelson, B.C.

Who are we looking for?
We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and exceptionally professional Medical Administrative Assistant with demonstrated experience providing confidential administrative support in a complex healthcare, medical, or executive environment. The successful candidate will possess advanced administrative expertise, outstanding organizational and time management skills, and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and discretion. Experience supporting senior leaders, physicians, medical staff, or executive committees is essential, as is proven proficiency coordinating complex calendars, preparing agendas and minutes, composing professional correspondence, developing presentations and reports, and maintaining confidential records.

Candidates must have strong judgment, exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to build effective working relationships with physicians, leadership teams, and internal and external partners. Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, is required, along with the ability to quickly learn new systems and processes.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Medical Affairs, hospital administration, physician credentialing, medical staff governance, quality improvement processes, or supporting senior healthcare leaders in a fast-paced, highly confidential environment.

What We Offer

Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package

Career Growth

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Contribution to Municipal Pension Plan

Balanced lifestyle

Salary Information
The salary range for this position is $25.36 p/h (min) to $31.70 p/h (midpoint) to $33.28 p/h (max) per annum, based on permanent part time FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

What will you work on?
The Medical Administrative Assistant works in a team environment to provide confidential administrative support functions within the Chief of Staff office. The Medical Administrative Assistant maintains the integrity and confidentiality of all information flowing through and processed for the Chief of Staff (COS) office and performs routine administrative duties for the medical staff at the hospital. Some responsibilities include coordinating and organizing workflow;

determining priorities; composing confidential correspondence for signature; and designing and creating correspondence, documents, presentations, orientation packages, and spreadsheets.

Some Other Typical Duties And Responsibilities Include

Organizes schedules, books meetings, and arranges travel.

Prepares, monitors, and prioritizes correspondence.

Committee/Meeting support – takes care of the logistics and prepares agendas and minutes.

Maintains Quality Assurance files (disciplinary documentation) and liaises with the appropriate bodies as necessary.

Assists the Quality Improvement team with document coordination resulting from critical incident reviews.

Provides administrative support for the Regional Medical Advisory Committees (MAC), Local MACs, credentialing committee, departmental meetings, and semi-annual medical staff meetings.

Coordinates information flowing to and from the RMACs and LMACs to the Health Authority Medical Advisory Committee and the IH Board of Directors.

Assists medical staff with the location of policies, procedures, documents, and forms.

Disseminates information to medical staff from various stakeholders.

Provides local information/support to Physician Recruitment Service Partner and/or Recruitment Leader as requested.

Provides information on request to support the credentialing and privileging processes…