Job Description

\xe2\x80\x8bReq ID: 175441
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
Department: OPEZ Admitting ICH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (40% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 8-Mar-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We\'re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there\'s a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you\'ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The purpose of the Admitting Clerk position is to receive and register inpatients and outpatients in a professional, efficient and caring manner in accordance with hospital policies and procedures. This position also involves inputting Lab tests for patients arriving for Blood Collections. Responsibilities include:

• Admitting, discharging and transfering patients
• Registering outpatients for clinics, Day Surgery, Emergency
• Operating the switchboard and directing calls as required to departments and patients
• Maintaining current knowledge of alarm procedures
• Acting as a receptionist to the general public and other clients
• Processing laboratory test requests
• Generating, distributing and maintaining daily/monthly statistical reports
• Accepting financial payments, providing receipts, facilitating transport of receipts/payments to finance and maintaining cash drawers
• Other job-related duties as assigned

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Grade 12
• One year secretarial or business course
• Medical Terminology Course or willingness to obtain
• One (1) year experience in the clerical field
• Proficient keyboarding skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of Windows
• Good interpersonal and communication skills - a high degree of tact, judgement and confidentiality
• Ability to work in an area with frequent interruptions

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent, Part-Time (40%) Position; 28 Hours Bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$22.89 - $24.89 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You\'ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

\xe2\x80\x8bThis is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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