Nursing Unit Assistant

Interior Health Authority; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance

Education opportunities

Vacation

Insurance premiums

Health coverage

Pension plan

Work-life balance

Career advancement

Job summary

Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, BC, is seeking a Permanent Part-Time Nursing Unit Clerk to join our dynamic healthcare team. If you're organized, compassionate, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you!

In this role you will prioritize, transcribe orders, coordinate patient appointments, and maintain charts across systems such as MARS and Careplan. Working hours rotate within day schedules to support patient care needs.

Qualifications

• Duties imply strong organizational skills, accuracy in data handling, and good communication.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize, process, coordinate and transcribe physicians’ orders.
• Act as a communication link for the Unit.
• Schedule and coordinate patient/resident appointments.
• Maintain charts and enter data into systems (MARS, Kardex, Careplan, EHR).
• Perform clerical duties including data entry, reports, and timekeeping.

Job description

Kelowna General Hospital is seeking a Permanent Part-Time Nursing Unit Clerk to join our dynamic healthcare team in beautiful Kelowna, B.C. If you're organized, compassionate, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you!

Contract type: Permanent Part-Time. Working hours: 07:15 to 15:15, 15:15 to 19:15, 08:00 to 16:00.

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

Duties

• 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

Come join our team and see why we’re one of B.C.’s Top Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?