Nursing Unit Assistant

Interior Health; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance program

Education opportunities

Vacation pay

Insurance premiums paid

Health coverage

Municipal Pension Plan

Work-life balance

Career advancement

Job summary

Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC, is seeking a permanent part-time Nursing Unit Clerk to support the unit with clerical and coordination tasks. The role covers day, evening, and night shifts, and includes transcribing orders, maintaining charts, data entry, and facilitating communication between staff and physicians.

You will join a team focused on patient care, accuracy, and efficiency, with opportunities for training and career advancement within Interior Health.

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Graduation from a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk Program and Medical Terminology, Plus
• One year’s recent related experience, Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Completion of an administered 5 minute typing certificate of 40wpm in the last 48 months from an approved institution (non-supervised tests are not accepted).

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Typing 40 wpm

Education

Nursing Unit Clerk Program

Medical Terminology

Job description

Position Summary

Royal Inland Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Permanent part-time Nursing Unit Clerk to join their team in Kamloops, B.C.!

This position works days, evenings, nights 07:30 to 19:30, 11:00 to 23:00, 19:30 to 07:30

Days off: Rotating

What we offer:

• 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?

• 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

Qualfications

Education, Training & Experience:

• Grade 12
• Graduation from a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk Program and Medical Terminology, Plus
• One year’s recent related experience, Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Completion of an administered 5 minute typing certificate of 40wpm in the last 48 months from an approved institution (non-supervised tests are not accepted).