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The salary range for this position is CAD $25.54 - $27.22 / hour
Job Summary

We are hiring a Casual Medical Office Assistant/Receptionist, MH&SUSto join our team in White Rock, B.C.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

A career with Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment. We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

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Detailed Overview

Under the general supervision of the Coordinator and reporting to the Manager, Clinical Operations, this position provides administrative day-to-day support to the assigned area supporting substance use services. Performs duties such as reception, interacting directly with patients who have highly complex medical needs, registering new patients and booking appointments and referrals, establishing and maintaining charts and chart organization including requests, specimen processing, ordering supplies and maintaining stocks, maintaining database(s), maintenance of electronic patient case load, transcribing from dictaphone, typing material utilizing word processing software, setting up and maintaining the filing systems, processing incoming and outgoing mail, faxes, reports/records and internal and courier documents, arranging meetings/special functions, and operating office equipment. Deals with matters of confidential nature for the Coordinator, nurses, physicians, psychiatrists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Supports set-up and dismantling of exam rooms, obtaining and delivery of specimens, arranging of blood tests and diagnostic testing as assigned.
ResponsibilitiesQualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 12, completion of a Medical Office Assistant diploma plus one year of recent related office/clerical experience, or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with patients.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with the multi-disciplinary team and be a self-starter.
• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with others.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to organize work and establish workload priorities in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrated ability to type 50 wpm.
• Demonstrated ability to use applicable computer equipment and software at a basic level.
• Working knowledge of general office practices and procedures and their application.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

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 work force. 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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