Patient Information Clerk Student

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
The Children¿s Orthotics Clinic services both outpatient and inpatients who require a variety of different orthopaedic devices to help children achieve their activities of daily living. We are currently hiring for a summer student placement as a patient information clerk.

**Here¿s What You¿ll get t**The Children¿s Orthotics Clinic services both outpatient and inpatients who require a variety of different orthopaedic devices to help children achieve their activities of daily living. We are currently hiring for a summer student placement as a patient information clerk.

The Children¿s Orthotics Clinic services both outpatient and inpatients who require a variety of different orthopaedic devices to help children achieve their activities of daily living. We are currently hiring for a summer student placement as a patient information clerk.

**Here¿s What You¿ll get to do**
- Work alongside our clinicians and technicians to maintain our patient flow within the Orthotics Clinic.
- Work closely with patients to create a welcoming environment upon entering the clinic and act as a resource for families for future appointments.
- Will be an integral part of the team and act as the link between the patients and the clinicians to ensure that exemplary patient care is achieved.
- Communicating with patients and their families to schedule appointments for the Orthotics Clinic.
- Creating efficient patient flow within the clinic by registering patients, checking patients in and out, ensuring rooms are clean after the patient visit and communicating with the clinician the needs of the patient.
- Create patient files for billing paperwork.

**Here¿s What You¿ll need**:

- Postsecondary student.
- Proficiency with computers is essential (i.e. word processing, excel file).
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and organization skills.
- Demonstrated problem solving abilities.
- Ability be self-directed, flexible and to take initiative.
- A commitment to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity, diversity & inclusion.

**Employment Type; **4-month temporary part time summer position. 0.40FTE

**Our Commitment to Diversity**:
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation.

**How to Apply