Job Description

Req ID: 140988
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, St. Martha's Regional Hospital
Department: OPEZ W&C Women & Children's Health SMRH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (40% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 26-Sep-22

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 an 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

Reporting to the Health Services Manager, Children and Women's Health Program. The Ward Clerk II responsibilities include:

• Patient registration
• Filing
• Processing physician orders
• Distribution of reports
• Data entry on NSHiS
• Typing correspondence and reports using medical terminology
• Receipt and distribution of mail
• Maintaining workload and statistical data
• Other job related duties

About You

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

• Graduate of a business, office information technology, medical office assistant, secretarial course or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Computer training or experience with various office and business software
• Medical Terminology required
• Computer and typing experience required
• Ability to work in a self-directed environment and also effectively within an interdisciplinary team
• Working knowledge and proficiency with typing and a variety of computer software and programs
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and prioritizing skills
• Physical ability to perform duties of the position
• Good work and attendance record
• Knowledge of inventory control and record keeping an asset
• Commitment to maintain and protect patient, client, and personal safety on an ongoing basis
• Commitment to confidentiality and privacy of NSH patients and clients
• Annually access the training and education on patient, client and personal safety made available by NSH
• The successful applicant will have a commitment to the mission and values of the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
• The successful applicant will have a commitment to the mission and values of St. Martha's Regional Hospital
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

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

Hours

• Permanent / 40% FTE / 28 Hours Bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$20.09 - 21.90 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.

This 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.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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