Perioperative Booking Officer

**Req ID**:169492**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Northern** Zone, **Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
**Department**:OPNZ PERI Operating Room CEH**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:6-Dec-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 Health Services Manager - Perioperative Services and CSPD, the Perioperative Booking Officer, in collaboration with the charge nurse and Assistant Manager, or delegate, is responsible for ensuring that OR theaters are utilized appropriately in accordance to OR block distribution and Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PARNS) with consideration of the available human, financial and physical resources. In collaboration with the Surgical Preadmission Clinic (SPAC) coordinates the client’s surgical journey to ensure that the client has had the appropriate work up completed. The OR booking officer works with departments and units that impact OR utilization to ensure that booking times are appropriate in order to facilitate smooth flow of the OR day.

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

- Graduate from a post-secondary office administration, business administration or secretarial program
- Demonstrated experience with Operating Room scheduling is required.
- Medical terminology course is required
- Demonstrated formal training and working experience using Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet) as well as Meditech ORM required, PARNS, SharePoint
- Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills required
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with change management and conflict resolution would be an asset
- Strong knowledge of multi-disciplinary job functions preferred
- Experience in a healthcare facility preferred
- Knowledge of surgical procedures would be an asset
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

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

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full-time (100%) position, 70 Hours Bi-Weekly

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$21.73 - $23.67 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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