Nursing Unit Assistant
- Kamloops, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
This position works days, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:00
Days off: Sun, Sat, STAT
Position End Date: May 01, 2027, or until return of incumbent
✅ 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
Employee & Family Assistance Program
Employer paid training/education opportunities
Employer paid vacation
Employer paid insurance premiums
Extended health & dental coverage
Municipal Pension Plan
Work-life balance
Opportunities for career advancement
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.
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More about this job
Responsibilities
Performs clerical and coordination duties for a patient or resident care unit, including processing physicians’ orders, scheduling appointments, maintaining charts and electronic records, and communicating information to unit staff. Also handles data entry, reports, supplies, meeting minutes, staff timekeeping and payroll submissions, and relays patient or resident call signals.
Requirements
Requires Grade 12, a Nursing Unit Clerk certificate or proof of program completion, and one year of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Applicants must also provide a typing test result of at least 40 words per minute, completed within the past 48 months at a recognized institution.
Skills
- Medical Order Processing
- Transcription
- Appointment Scheduling
- Patient Records Management
- Data Entry
- Keyboarding
- Filing
- Report Preparation
- Statistics Compilation
- Timekeeping
- Payroll Data Entry
- Unit Communication
- Supply Management
- Call Signal Monitoring
- Typing
Benefits
- Employee And Family Assistance Program
- Employer-Paid Training And Education Opportunities
- Employer-Paid Vacation
- Employer-Paid Insurance Premiums
- Extended Health And Dental Coverage
- Municipal Pension Plan
- Work-Life Balance
- Career Advancement Opportunities
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Administrative
Keywords
- Nursing Unit Clerk
- Nursing Unit Clerk Certificate
- Grade 12
- Typing Test
- 40 Words Per Minute
- Physicians’ Orders
- Transcription
- Patient And Resident Care
- Appointment Scheduling
- Patient Charts
- Electronic Health Records
- MARS
- Kardex
- Careplan
- Data Entry
- Keyboarding
- Filing
- Statistics
- Report Preparation
- Unit Supplies
- Meeting Minutes
- Timekeeping Records
- Payroll Systems
- Call Signals