Nursing Unit Assistant
- Kamloops, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Hours of work are days, Monday to Friday; 07:00 to 15:00, 08:00 to 16:00
Days off: Sun, Sat, STAT
✅ What To Include With Your Application
Please ensure your application includes:
- Typing Test – Minimum 40 wpm, completed within the last 48 months from a recognized institution. Click here for testing details.
- Nursing Unit Clerk – Certificate or proof of program completion
- Education & Experience – Grade 12 plus one year recent related experience (or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
- Resume – Highlighting your skills and relevant experience
- Cover Letter – Include your availability to start a new position How will we help you grow?
What Will You Work On?
Duties
In this role you will perform a variety of clerical duties related to the operation of a patient/resident care area, such as:
- Prioritizing, processing, coordinating and transcribing physicians’ orders;
- Acting as a communication link for the Unit;
- Scheduling, booking and coordinating patient/resident appointments;
- Assembling and maintaining patient/resident charts, inputs patient/resident data and transcribing information into relevant systems such as MARS, Kardex, Careplan, charts or electronic health record systems;
- Clerical duties - keyboarding, data entry, filing, compiling, preparing and maintaining statistics, producing reports, delivering and picking up items, maintaining unit supply levels and meeting minutes;
- Maintaining timekeeping records for regular and relief staff and submits/enters to payroll systems;
- Observing patient/resident call signals and relays messages to the appropriate personnel.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Perform clerical and administrative duties for a patient or resident care unit, including processing physicians’ orders, coordinating appointments, maintaining charts and entering information into relevant systems. Support unit communications and operations by managing records, preparing reports, maintaining supplies and timekeeping data, and relaying patient or resident call messages.
Requirements
Applicants must provide a typing test result of at least 40 words per minute, completed within the past 48 months at a recognized institution, and a Nursing Unit Clerk certificate or proof of program completion. The role also requires Grade 12 and one year of recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience; applicants should include a resume and a cover letter stating their availability to start.
Skills
- Clerical Administration
- Typing
- Data Entry
- Order Processing
- Appointment Scheduling
- Medical Records Management
- Transcription
- Communication
- Timekeeping
- Payroll Data Entry
- Report Preparation
- Filing
- Statistics Compilation
- Supply Management
- Prioritization
- Attention to Detail
Benefits
- Competitive Wages
- Shift Premiums
- Employer-Paid Training
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Administrative
Keywords
- Nursing Unit Assistant
- Nursing Unit Clerk Certificate
- Typing Test
- 40 Words Per Minute
- Grade 12
- Patient Care
- Resident Care
- Physicians’ Orders
- Unit Communications
- Appointment Scheduling
- Medical Records
- Patient Charts
- Data Entry
- Transcription
- MARS
- Kardex
- Care Plan
- Electronic Health Records
- Timekeeping
- Payroll Systems
- Report Preparation
- Filing
- Statistics
- Unit Supplies
- Call Signals