Unit Clerk

**Requisition ID**: 385615

**Position Number**: 111-1-71210-238-02

**Posting End Date**:August 01, 2025

**Employer**:**Southern Health-Santé Sud

**Site**:_ _Portage Regional Health Centre

**Union**:CUPE

**Department/Unit**: Medical Unit

**Work Location**:Portage Regional Health Centre

**City**: Portage la Prairie

**Hiring Status**: Temporary

**FTE**: 0.75

**Employment arrangement**:In Person

**Daily hours worked**: 11.63

**Anticipated shift**: Days

**Annual base hours**:2015

**Anticipated Start Date - End Date**: 08/22/2025 - 05/15/2026

**Reason for Term**:_ _Other Leave

**Salary**: As per CUPE Collective Agreement

Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.

Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.

Be part of the **Southern Health-Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most.**Join**a region that offers a lifestyle like no other - a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.

**Position Overview**:
Reporting to the Director Health Services and/or Manager Health Services or Delegate, the Unit Clerk performs clerical, receptionist and communication functions on the unit as part of the nursing team.

The incumbent will exercise the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.

**Experience**:

- Minimum One (1) year experience in a related clinical area.

**Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)**:

- Grade 12 Education or equivalent.
- Unit Clerk Certificate.
- Other suitable combinations of Education and Experience may be considered.

**Certification/Licensure/Registration**:
Not Applicable

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize in a changing environment.
- Demonstrated organization skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain a respectful and positive working relationship with all facility staff.
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required.
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
- Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums.
- Good work and attendance record.
- Requires a valid Class 5 driver’s license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.00.

**Physical Requirements**:

- Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
- No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
- Required to work evenings and weekends as necessary.

**This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.**

Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.

All Health Care Workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern Health-Santé Sud policy.

Please be advised that job competitions for union represented positions may be grieved by internal represented applicants. Should a selection grievance be filed, information from the competition file may be provided to the grievor's representative. Personal information irrelevant to the grievance and other information protected under legislation will be redacted.