Medical Office Assistant- Safer Supply

2 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Somerset West Community Health Centre Full time

**Position Title**:Medical Office Assistant
- Safer Supply & OAT Clinic

**Classification**:Medical Office Assistant

**Department**:Family, Community Health & Harm Reduction

**Reporting to**:Manager, Harm Reduction

**Type**:Term 1.0FTE (Until March 31, 2025) *with possibility of extension

**Pay Band**:$21.75 to $26.17 per hour.

**Application Deadline**:Tuesday, March 18, 2024, at 5:00 PM EST
- __________________________________

**About us**:
We are Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC), a non-profit, community-governed organization that serves over 18,000 clients annually. Established in 1978, SWCHC provides a wide range of health care services such as primary health care, health promotion, community development, mental health, and harm reduction. We are deeply connected to the communities we serve and committed to removing barriers to accessing services for people who are vulnerable because of their age, income, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity, and language or culture.

SWCHC strives to ensure that our team reflects the communities we serve. We work within an anti-racist, anti-oppressive framework that acknowledges the existence and impacts of systemic racism and seeks to ensure that systems are fair and equitable for everyone.

**Position Description**

SWCHC is looking for an experienced Medical Office Assistant to work within our Harm Reduction Team to

support the Safer Supply Ottawa Initiative pilot and OAT Clinic. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to scheduling clients, appointment registration, answering phones, maintaining medical files, requesting ROIs from other OAT clinics, support with urine sample collection and testing, communicating with other sectors involved in client care (justice system, health care systems etc).

It is imperative that the person selected for this position is both familiar and comfortable working with individuals who are actively using substances and may be in various states of intoxication or withdrawal.

**Position Requirements**
- Medical office assistant diploma is an asset
- Experience working with clients who are active substance users
- Comfort working with EMR’s and paper charts
- Must be comfortable working independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge and commitment to harm reduction practice
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Able to work effectively in an interdisciplinary environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent computer skills
- Training in substance abuse, mental health and/or opioid agonist treatments considered an asset
- Personal experience with substance use considered an asset
- Successful criminal reference check, vulnerable sector
- English and French preferred, other languages an asset

**_It is the policy of SWCHC to require COVID-19 immunization for all employees, volunteers, and students, including those who work off-site with the following exceptions: Persons with a medical reason that prevents them from being vaccinated against COVID-19; Persons with other reasonable considerations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code that restrict them from being vaccinated against Covid 19 vaccination.**_**
- Somerset West Community Health Centre is an equal opportunity employer who values the diversity of individuals in our programs and services._



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