Switchboard Cashier Registration Clerk

Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre has an exciting opportunity for a **Casual Switchboard, Cashier, Registration, Health Records Clerk**to join their team in Merritt, B.C.

This position works rotating shifts: 07:30 to 12:00, 08:00 to 12:00, 10:00 to 14:00, 08:00 to 16:00.

**How will we help you grow?**
Join our 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?**
This position performs a variety of clerical duties with operating the switchboard, patient registration, health records, cashier functions and maintaining supplies, such as:

- Operates switchboard and public address system and other paging device systems;
- Receives and directs patients and visitors;
- Health records - pull and assemble charts/files, identify and process corrections, receive and process requests for release of information, review completed charts for accuracy, maintain statistics and health record tracking systems;
- Responds to and monitors hospital alarms and emergency codes;
- Maintains physician on-call/vacation lists and other hospital staff;
- Patient registration;
- Cashier duties - receiving payments; recording payments in cash journals and/or summary sheets; and issuing change and receipts;
- Maintains supply inventory by ordering stock and non-stock items for acute and residential care;
- Receives, checks and deposits patient valuables for safekeeping;
- Clerical duties - typing, compiling and distributing various documents/lists/schedules, completing data entry for pre-admissions, admissions, discharges, and transfers, opening and redirecting incoming mail, and maintaining filing systems.
- A 5-minute typing test (45+ NWPM) from a recognized institution, completed within the past 48 months (non-supervised tests not accepted). Click here for testing details.
- Your Resume outlining one year recent related experience, Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience;
- A Cover Letter stating your availability to start in a new position and on-call, casual work (i.e. days of the week).

**Education, Training & Experience**:

- Grade twelve
- One (1) year of recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Completion of a Typing Test 45 wpm or greater, dated within the past 48 months and must be issued from a valid institution only. (non-supervised tests not accepted)