Nursing Unit Clerk - Burnaby Hospital

Fraser Health; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a collegial-spirited team at a modern health care facility as a Nursing Unit Clerk in the Emergency Department. This role is vital in supporting the operations of a busy unit, ensuring effective communication, and maintaining essential records. As the hospital undergoes significant redevelopment, you will contribute to transforming health care in the community. Enjoy comprehensive benefits, generous vacation time, and a supportive environment that values career advancement and wellness. If you are passionate about health care and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

100% Employer-Paid Benefits

Generous Vacation Time

Benefit Portability

Immediate Pension Enrollment

Maternity Top-Up

TransLink Pass Subsidy

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Grade 12 graduation and completion of Unit Clerk training course required.
• One year of recent related experience or equivalent combination preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transcribe physicians' orders and maintain patient records accurately.
• Schedule patient activities and perform clerical duties as needed.
• Orient new staff and maintain supply levels for the unit.

Skills

Medical Terminology Knowledge

Typing Speed (40 wpm)

Effective Communication

Organizational Skills

Ability to Operate PCs and Meditech Terminals

Education

Grade 12 Graduation

Unit Clerk Training Course

Tools

Meditech

Personal Computers

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $28.31 - $28.31 / hour.
Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:

• Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
• New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine and mental health patients
• New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
• New acute care tower with 160 beds
• New medical imaging department
• New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety of health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology and plastics specialties.

We are committed to staff wellness and planetary health and have active working groups to support these initiatives. In addition, we value career advancement and offer professional development and education opportunities.

We are currently looking to fill a full-time opportunity for a Nursing Unit Clerk to join the Emergency Department at Burnaby Hospital located in Burnaby, B.C..

Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including:

• Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
• Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
• Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
• TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes.
• Additional employee discounts and perks available.

*Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview

Under direct supervision, maintains unit records and supply levels; performs reception and clerical duties related to the operation of the unit.

Responsibilities

1. Transcribes physicians' orders by copying information, completing required forms and/or entering information into the computer and distributing as required.
2. Schedules patient activities such as diagnostic procedures, appointments or transportation by contacting appropriate departments, physicians' offices or outside agencies and maintaining related records.
3. Maintains patient records according to established procedures by setting up charts, adding or removing forms, and forwarding discharged patient records to the Health Records Department.
4. Performs reception duties such as greeting and directing visitors, answering the telephone, taking messages, answering routine inquiries or referring as appropriate; opening and distributing mail as required.
5. Maintains unit stationary and supply levels by monitoring stock, preparing stores orders, requisitions or stationary orders, completes equipment repair or maintenance orders as directed.
6. Orients new staff and students to the unit by demonstrating procedures, answering questions and explaining unit organization and layout.
7. Performs clerical duties such as typing, filing and photocopying.
8. As required by the department, maintains timekeeping and other staff-related records by coding and entering hours to timecards, transcribing rotation hours by copying information onto required forms and/or entering into the computer, according to established procedures. Forwards timesheets, staffing information to staffing/appropriate department.
9. As required by the department, maintains relief staff call-in list information such as name, telephone number and work availability; contacting staff to fill vacancies as directed.
10. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 12 graduation, completion of the Unit Clerk training course plus one year's recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Ability to type 40 wpm.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment such as personal computers and Meditech terminals.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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