Patient Registration Clerk
- Penticton, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Penticton Regional Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Casual Patient Registration Clerk to join their team in Penticton, B.C.!
This position works rotating days, evenings and nights: 23:00 to 07:00, 07:00 to 15:00, 15:00 to 23:00, 09:00 to 17:00, 08:00 to 16:00, 17:00 to 21:00, 06:00 to 12:00, 06:00 to 14:00, 10:00 to 16:00, 06:30 to 14:30
How will we help you grow?
Join our team as a casual employee, where you’ll enjoy variety, gain valuable experience, and have the chance to grow your career. Work hours range from 0 to 37.5 per week, with shifts available on short notice or pre-scheduled to cover leaves. Many of our team members start in casual roles and transition into permanent positions. Plus, we offer competitive wages, shift premiums, employer-paid training, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program to support you every step of the way.
What Will You Work On?
In this role you will work in a customer-focused, team-oriented framework performing clerical and patient registration duties such as:
This position works rotating days, evenings and nights: 23:00 to 07:00, 07:00 to 15:00, 15:00 to 23:00, 09:00 to 17:00, 08:00 to 16:00, 17:00 to 21:00, 06:00 to 12:00, 06:00 to 14:00, 10:00 to 16:00, 06:30 to 14:30
How will we help you grow?
Join our team as a casual employee, where you’ll enjoy variety, gain valuable experience, and have the chance to grow your career. Work hours range from 0 to 37.5 per week, with shifts available on short notice or pre-scheduled to cover leaves. Many of our team members start in casual roles and transition into permanent positions. Plus, we offer competitive wages, shift premiums, employer-paid training, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program to support you every step of the way.
What Will You Work On?
In this role you will work in a customer-focused, team-oriented framework performing clerical and patient registration duties such as:
- Completes Patient Registration documentation for the admission of patients by interviewing patients, relatives or friends to obtain personal information and proof of eligibility;
- Explains Admission form, eligibility policies, room differentials and obtains signatures on forms as required;
- Identifies available bed booking options and communicates these options;
- Receives payments and issues receipts;
- Receives and records patient valuables for safekeeping;
- Transports patients to ward or arranges for transport;
- Performs hospital switchboard duties;
- Provides information and directions to visitors and handles telephone inquiries such as patient room numbers and visiting hours;
- Receives, opens and redirects the hospital’s incoming mail;
- Monitors the Alarm Panels and responds by announcing Fire Alarms over the Public Address System and/or making telephone calls.
- A 5-minute typing test (45+ NWPM) from a recognized institution, completed within the past 48 months (non-supervised tests not accepted). Click here for testing details.
- A Medical Terminology Certificate
- Your Resume outlining two year’s recent related experience, Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience;
- A Cover Letter stating your availability to start in a new position and on-call, casual work (i.e. days of the week).
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Responsibilities
Complete patient admission and registration paperwork by gathering personal information and eligibility documentation, explaining policies and room options, and obtaining required signatures. Process payments and valuables, coordinate patient transport, perform switchboard and visitor-support duties, handle incoming mail, and monitor alarm panels.
Requirements
Applicants must provide a recognized-institution five-minute typing test score of at least 45 net words per minute, completed within the past 48 months, and a Medical Terminology Certificate. The posting also requests a resume showing two years of recent related experience or equivalent education, training, and experience, plus a cover letter stating availability for casual and on-call work.
Skills
- Patient Registration
- Patient Interviewing
- Admission Documentation
- Eligibility Verification
- Customer Service
- Communication
- Payment Processing
- Recordkeeping
- Telephone Inquiries
- Hospital Switchboard Operations
- Mail Handling
- Alarm Monitoring
- Typing
Benefits
- Competitive Wages
- Shift Premiums
- Employer-Paid Training
- Employee And Family Assistance Program
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Administrative
- Customer Service & Support
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Patient Registration
- Patient Admission
- Medical Terminology Certificate
- Typing Test
- 45 Net Words Per Minute
- Admission Documentation
- Patient Eligibility
- Room Differentials
- Bed Booking
- Payment Processing
- Patient Valuables
- Patient Transport
- Hospital Switchboard
- Visitor Information
- Telephone Inquiries
- Incoming Mail
- Alarm Panels
- Fire Alarms
- Public Address System
- Casual Employment
- On-Call Work
- Rotating Shifts