Clerk, Perinatal Clinics

Why Fraser Health?:
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a **Casual Clerk** to provide support to the Perinatal Clinic team at Royal Columbian Hospital located in **New Westminster, B.C.** We are looking for a dedicated and personable individual with an eye for detail who is able to juggle numerous tasks in a busy environment. You like helping people, conduct business in a professional manner and display excellent communication skills. A focused approach is needed to complete routine day-to-day tasks and handle changing calendars, priorities, and timelines

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Effective October 26th 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

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Detailed Overview: Under general supervision of the Manager, Clinical Services, schedules and books out-patient appointments for services provided by the Maternal Program and produces statistical reports and correspondence for the department. Performs admitting duties such as collecting patient information and completing required documentation. Performs unit clerk duties such as setting up, maintaining and filing patient charts and processing physicians' orders. Performs receptionist and clerical support duties as required. Responsibilities:

- Schedules and books out-patient appointments for procedures performed in the Perinatal clinic area such as ultrasounds, prenatal examinations, amniocentesis, diabetes education, and for procedures in other areas of the hospital such as obstetrical non-stress testing, obstetrical out-patients and laboratory. Books follow-up appointments and adjusts arrangements in accordance with patient and facility requirements.
- Gathers new patient information relevant to the booking and pre-registration process.
- Confirms bookings and scheduled times with Perinatal clinics and physician's offices.
- Prepares and distributes the appointment slate according to established guidelines.
- Processes physicians orders, such as requests for x-rays, blood work and medication, by performing duties such as completing requisitions and liaising with the appropriate units and departments to make arrangements, in accordance with established procedures.
- Types, photocopies and distributes a variety of correspondence such as letters, memos, reports and monthly statistics.
- Acts as receptionist; answers the telephone; takes and transmits messages; greets and directs visitors and patients to appropriate locations for appointments. Informs appropriate staff of patient arrival.
- Maintains the department office supplies and prepares requisitions for signature.
- Performs clerical duties such as collecting and reporting unit statistics, typing, filing, and preparing equipment repair/maintenance requisitions for signature.
- Sets up, maintains, completes and files patient charts by performing duties such as assembling and addressographing new charts, recording information in charts as directed, attaching documents, ensuring documents are filed in the correct order and forwarding to Health Records as required.
- Records timekeeping data and prepares timesheets as directed by the Nurse Manager.
- Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement Programs as directed.
- Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:
**Education and Experience**

Grade 12, medical terminology and graduation from a recognized Nursing Unit Clerk program plus one year's recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
- Ability to keyboard at 40 w.p.m.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.