Bariatric Clinic Administrative Specialist

Humber River Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 41,000 - 43,000; Part time

Job summary

Humber River Health in Toronto is seeking a Clerical Associate to support the Bariatric Clinic within the Surgical Program. This temporary part-time role focuses on patient registration, discharge, records, billing support, and coordination with other departments.

The position requires a high school diploma, knowledge of medical terminology, clerical experience, Meditech familiarity, and strong communication and organizational skills; work is at the Willson Site with day/evening hours, hourly

Qualifications

• Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
• Secretarial and medical terminology courses preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is required.
• Minimum of one-year full time recent clerical experience required, preferably in an out-patient health care setting.
• Computer skills required, keyboarding 40 wpm required.
• Meditech computer experience is preferred.
• Community-wide scheduling experience is preferred.
• Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent customer service skills required.
• Excellent organizational skills required, including an ability to prioritize a varied and busy workload and work with tight deadlines, frequent interruptions, and emergency situations.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision, as well as in a team environment.
• Excellent attendance and discipline free record required.
• An understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles as they relate to health practices is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Responsible forclerical support including patient registration and discharge, maintenance of patient records, order entry, statistics, and assisting with patient billing.
• Responsible for customer service including scheduling appointments, answering patient inquiries, telephone inquiries, greeting patients and visitors in a courteous manner.
• Communicates with bed allocation and other departments to arrange patient placement.
• Communicates with other departments and service areas as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Organization

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma

Secretarial courses

Medical terminology courses

Tools

Meditech

Keyboarding 40 wpm

Computer skills

Job description

Humber River Health in Toronto is seeking a Clerical Associate to support the Bariatric Clinic within the Surgical Program. This temporary part-time role focuses on patient registration, discharge, records, billing support, and coordination with other departments.

The position requires a high school diploma, knowledge of medical terminology, clerical experience, Meditech familiarity, and strong communication and organizational skills; work is at the Willson Site with day/evening hours, hourly