Nursing Unit Assistant

Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has an exciting opportunity for a Casual Nursing Unit Assistant to join their team in the Emergency Department! This position works rotating days and evenings - 07:00 to 17:16, 10:00 to 20:16, 20:44 to 07:00, 14:00 to 00:16.

This is a Casual opportunity. Casual means there are no guaranteed hours and work requirements can vary from 0 - 37.5 hours per week.

What We Offer

Interior Health offers excellent benefits and many opportunities to maximize your skills. We are an organization where you have room to grow in a place where life outside of work is just as important to us as it is to you.

• Effective April 1, 2024 new hourly rate is $28.31.

Once hired into a casual role, employees are eligible to apply for internal postings including permanent part-time or full-time positions. There are many opportunities with Interior Health that begin with casual positions and lead to regular employment.

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.

What should your application include?

• Completion of Grade 12;
• A current Typing Test of 40 wpm or greater completed within past 48 months from a recognized institution;
• A Nursing Unit Clerk Certificate;
• Your Resume;
• A Cover Letter stating your availability to start in a new position.

If you are an experienced Nursing Unit Clerk and want to be challenged in your role while working with a solid and experienced team in a wonderful working environment, Apply Today!