Administrative Assistant | Clinical Operations

Interior Health Authority; Creston; On-site; CAD 49,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career Growth

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Municipal Pension Plan

Balanced lifestyle

Job summary

Interior Health Authority is recruiting an Administrative Assistant for the East Kootenay LTC team, based at Swan Valley Lodge in Creston, BC. This permanent full-time role provides confidential support to the Clinical Operations Director, coordinating workflow and communications within a fast-paced healthcare environment.

The successful candidate will handle correspondence, data entry, and documentation, maintaining confidentiality across client care, finance, and personnel matters, while

Qualifications

• Experience providing confidential administrative support.
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Experience coordinating operations and communications.

Responsibilities

• Provide confidential administrative support to the Director for Clinical Operations.
• Coordinate operations, facilitate communications, and maintain standard work.
• Design and create correspondence, documents, presentations, and spreadsheets for approval by management.
• Support the Director in fostering a positive, efficient department tone.

Skills

Excel

Detail oriented

Organized

Tools

Adobe

Job description

Interior Health is hiring a permanent full-time Administrative Assistant to provide confidential administrative support functions to the Clinical Operations Director of the East Kootenay Long-term Care (LTC) team. The worksite is at the Swan Valley Lodge in Creston, B.C.

Who are we looking for?

We seek a flexible and detail-oriented, knowledgeable, organized and skilled candidate who takes pride in their career and can make a significant impact in our fast-paced environment. This hands‑on role involves working within an innovative culture focused on transformational change in the healthcare system.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of collaborating with diverse internal and external partners, including executives, directors, and managers. The successful candidate will coordinate operations, facilitate communications, and maintain standard work to support program initiatives and ensure smooth flow and program success.

The successful candidate will have strong understanding of programs such as Excel, Adobe etc. and needs to be able to work under pressure and tight deadlines.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package
• Career Growth
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Contribution to Municipal Pension Plan
• Balanced lifestyle

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $49,445 (min) to $61,806 (midpoint) to $64,897 (max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

What will you work on?

The Administrative Assistant works in a team environment to provide confidential administrative support functions to the Director for the department or program and other management staff as required. The Administrative Assistant serves as a vital linkage and communication source to keep the department or program informed and aligned to its priorities.

Some responsibilities include: coordinating and organizing workflow; determining priorities; composing confidential correspondence for signature; designing and creating correspondence, documents, presentations, orientation packages, and spreadsheets (including data entry) for authorization by the management team; maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of all information which flows through and is processed for management as it pertains to client care, operations, personnel, labour relations, finance, and public affairs; and supporting the Director in setting the positive, collaborative, efficient tone for the department or program.

How will you create an impact?

Joining our IH team will allow you to challenge yourself professionally while enjoying all the personal pursuits available to you within this fantastic community.

Reasons to Apply at Interior Health... What we can do for you

We offer a work environment conducive to growth and development of strong skills and a work environment that supports and promotes psychological health & safety for all. We offer the opportunity to have a balanced lifestyle that allows you to maintain the quality of life you desire.

Our focus is on giving people room to grow, to make an impact in the lives of others. Come and join us!

“Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the B.C. Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self‑identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).”