Clerk Typist

**Req ID**:161107**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Eastern** Zone, **Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital**
**Department**:OPEZ Ambulatory Care ICMH**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly PT** (**10%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:3-Aug-23**

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 Manager of Ambulatory Care or delegate, the Clerk Typist is responsible for providing general office duties and accurate data entry and transcription in support of the Ambulatory Care.

Duties include, but are not limited to: registering patients and entering doctors’ lab orders through Meditech; assisting in entering specimens from outside hospitals and satellite clinics; accurately typing surgical and autopsy reports, consults, referral letters, memos and any other correspondence as required by the department; filing reports and maintaining filing system; sorting and delivering mail, answering the telephone; photocopying; faxing; booking, schedule appointments; maintaining supplies and any other related duties as assigned.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Grade 12
- One year secretarial or business course
- Medical Terminology Course or willingness to obtain
- One (1) year experience in the clerical field
- Proficient keyboarding skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of Windows
- Good interpersonal and communication skills - a high degree of tact, judgement and confidentiality
- Ability to work in an area with frequent interruptions
- Competencies in other languages considered an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Permanent, Part-Time (10%) Position; 7 Hours Bi-weekly

**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.

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