Nursing Unit Assistant

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 27,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

EFAP

Training opportunities

Vacation paid

Insurance premiums

Health & dental coverage

Municipal Pension Plan

Work-life balance

Career advancement

Job summary

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

The role supports physicians and nursing staff by prioritizing orders, coordinating schedules, maintaining charts, and handling data entry into health information systems.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 with medical terminology and completion of a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk program plus one year of related experience or an equivalent combination.
• One year of recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Completion of a typing certificate of 40 wpm within the last 48 months from an approved institution.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize, process, coordinate and transcribe physicians’ orders.
• Act as a communication link for the Unit.
• Schedule, book and coordinate patient/resident appointments.
• Assemble and maintain patient/resident charts and input data into health record systems.
• Perform clerical duties: data entry, filing, reports and meeting minutes.
• Maintain timekeeping records for regular/relief staff and enter into payroll systems.
• Monitor patient/resident call signals and relay messages to the appropriate personnel.

Skills

Medical terminology

Typing 40 wpm

Clerical data entry

Education

Nursing Unit Clerk program

Grade 12

1 year related experience

Tools

Electronic health records (EHR)

Job description

Position Summary

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!

This position works days, evenings: 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

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.

Qualifications

Education, Training & Experience:

• Grade 12, medical terminology and graduation from a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk program plus one year's recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.


• 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).