Clerk, Chronic Disease Management

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $28.31 - $28.31 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
We are currently looking to fill a **Casual** opportunity for a **Clerk, Chronic Disease Management** to support the **Primary Health Care - CARES Initiative** located in **Tri-Cities, B.C.**

**Tri-Cities**

A hybrid for all lifestyles where urban living meets breathtaking rural areas. The Tri-Cities is an informal grouping of three lively suburban communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody and two semi-rural residential areas of Belcarra and Anmore that have grown together, and are each unique from the other. These stunning communities offer urban living in a picturesque natural setting - the ideal location for the avid city-goer and outdoor enthusiast. The centrally located area of the Tri-Cities offers the perfect hybrid for all lifestyles.

These communities reside on the traditional, ancestral and unceded shared territories of the qicəy (Katzie) [kut-zee], kʷikʷəƛəm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam) [mus-kweeum], Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish) [Squ-HO-o-meesh], and səlilwətaɬ (TsleilWaututh) [slay-wha-tooth] First Nations, and is home to the North Fraser Métis Association and Golden Ears Métis Society.

**Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including**:

- Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
- Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
- Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
- Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
- Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
- TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
- Additional employee discounts and perks available
- **_Eligibility based on employment status_**

Detailed Overview: Under general supervision, performs a variety of clerical duties related to the operation of the Chronic Disease Management Clinics. Schedules and books out-patient appointments; makes follow-up appointments for visits, tests, and referrals; receives, greets, and directs patients and visitors; transcribes and processes physician orders; arranges for patient tests, communicates with other patients and hospitals, answers the telephone, and responds to general inquiries. Registers patients into the computerized system and completes related registration documentation, assembles and maintains patient charts, and performs keyboarding and data entry duties. Responsibilities:

- Receives patients upon arrival to the clinics and obtains/confirms information required to register the patient. Registers patient into computerized system and completes related registration documentation.
- Schedules, books, and coordinates out-patient appointments by receiving appointment requests, making follow-up appointments, adjusting arrangements in accordance with patient and clinic requirements and assigning to the appropriate time, date, and location.
- Reviews outpatient booking request forms for completeness such as patient demographics, signed consent, recent history, and physical.
- Assembles and maintains patient charts by inputting patient data and information into relevant system and attaching documentation to chart such as laboratory and special examination reports.
- Performs reception duties for the programs including answering telephones, directing calls, taking messages, providing information of a general nature, greeting and directing visitors to the appropriate location, and informing appropriate health care professional of patient arrival.
- Transcribes and processes physician orders and performs necessary follow-up action; arranges patient tests and receives and maintains patient test results.
- Performs related clerical duties such as key boarding, data entry, filing, composing correspondence for review and signature, establishing and maintaining filing systems, preparing and maintaining statistics, producing reports, ordering supplies through stores and delivering and picking up items. Opens, dates, and distributes mail.
- Acts as a communications link for the clinic; communicates with other departments and hospitals, as required, to share and receive information and to assist in admissions, discharges, and transfers, as required.
- Maintains associated records for payroll including entering hours into the system, posting the work schedule, and printing and maintaining daily sign-in sheets.
- Arranges meetings by performing duties such as setting times, booking rooms and equipment, and typing and circulating notices, flyers, and agendas.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications**:Education and Experience**

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