Clerk B

**Req ID**:144824**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** Zone, **East Coast Forensic Hospital**
**Department**:MHA Offender Health Cape Breton**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:1-Dec-22**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Clinical Operations Supervisor, the Clerk works collaboratively with other clerical and secretarial staff to support the operation. The clerk may interface with staff, clients, families, the public, and community agencies. Responsibilities include greeting and registering clients; scheduling, booking and communicating appointments; communicating with referral sources; responding to telephone and in person requests; as well as a variety of other duties to assist clinical staff and ensure the general organization and efficiency of the service.

The Clerk performs all duties while maintaining a high standard of maturity and discretion in handling confidential matters.

**About You**:

- Grade 12 plus one-year clerical experience or one year post-secondary business program
- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
- Demonstrated knowledge of STAR, PHS and Time Capture preferred
- Medical Terminology preferred
- Mental Health experience preferred
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Organization and multi-tasking skills
- A skills test may be required
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

**Hours**:

- Permanent full-time position; 70 hours biweekly
- Some evening shifts

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$20.09 - $21.91 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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