Surgical Booking Clerk

Interior Health Authority; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid training

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Job summary

Interior Health Authority in Kamloops, BC, invites applications for a Casual Surgical Booking Clerk at Royal Inland Hospital. The role supports surgical scheduling with physicians, maintains waitlists, and updates bookings for daily operations.

Excellent data accuracy and collaboration with multiple departments are essential. Wages include shift premiums and potential for permanent positions through casual-to-permanent pathways.

Qualifications

• Experience scheduling surgical procedures.
• Ability to coordinate with physicians and offices.
• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Receives and processes requests for surgical procedures and coordinates with physicians and their offices.
• Develops and updates surgical waitlists and slates using computerized scheduling systems.
• Edits surgical slate and confirms final booking assignments with designated personnel.
• Communicates with Admitting, Medical Device Reprocessing, nursing units, anesthetists, surgeons and other departments.
• Provides pre-operative instructions to patients and families.
• Maintains and distributes surgical usage data and statistics.
• Generates reports related to surgical bookings and waitlists.
• Performs site/department specific duties and inputs patient data into systems.

Skills

Critical thinking

Scheduling

Communication

Tools

PICIS OR Manager

SPR (Surgical Patient Registry)

CWS

Job description

Royal Inland Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Casual Surgical Booking Clerk to join their team in Kamloops, B.C.!

This position works days, Monday to Friday 07:30

Days off: rotating

How will we help you grow?

Join our clerical team as a casual employee, where you’ll enjoy variety, gain valuable experience, and have the chance to grow your career. Work hours range from 0 to 37.5 per week, with shifts available on short notice or pre-scheduled to cover leaves. Many of our team members start in casual roles and transition into permanent positions. Plus, we offer competitive wages, shift premiums, employer-paid training, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program to support you every step of the way.

What Will You Work On?

Requirements

The Surgical Booking Clerk plays a significant role in ensuring that the overall surgical booking requirements are met. Applies critical thinking and uses current knowledge of procedure protocols and computerized systems to schedule and assign patients/procedures to the daily surgical bookings. Duties may include:

• Receives and processes requests for surgical procedures and coordinates with physicians and their offices;
• Develops and updates surgical waitlists and slates using computerized surgical scheduling systems - PICIS OR Manager, Surgical Patient Registry (SPR), Community Wide Scheduling (CWS), etc.;
• Edits surgical slate - identifying errors or conflicts, assigning extra cases, adjusting slate, confirms final booking assignments with designated personnel;
• Communicates and collaborates with Admitting, Medical Device Reprocessing, nursing units, anesthetists, surgeons and other departments;
• Instructs patients/family of pre-operative instructions for the surgical procedures, pre admission clinic visits and other appointments;
• Compiles, maintains and distributes designated surgical usage/surgical statistical data;
• Generates a variety of reports relating to surgical bookings and waitlists;
• Clerical duties;
• Performs site/department specific duties - inputting patient data and transcribing information into relevant systems; acting as a communication link for the unit; arranging for patient tests, entering diagnostic requisitions, and receiving results; assembling and maintaining patient charts; maintaining unit supply levels.

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?