Service Support Assistant, Emergency

Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $ $27.48 / hour

Job Summary
Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

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Detailed Overview
Reporting to the Manager, Clinical Operations, the Service Support Assistant provides support to the Emergency Department by maintaining equipment and supplies, cleaning unit equipment and procedure rooms, portering patients to and from required areas, and performing related clerical duties.

Responsibilities

• Maintains inventory of supplies and equipment for the designated areas and carts in accordance with predetermined supply levels.
• Rotates stock and checks for outdates on a monthly basis.
• Moves equipment between procedure rooms and ensures necessary equipment and supplies are available as required.
• Cleans unit equipment such as IV poles, suctions, stretchers and wheelchairs utilizing established cleaning procedures.
• Porters patients, and their belongings if required, utilizing stretchers, wheelchairs and beds. Transports equipment, supplies and specimens to specified areas as directed.
• Collects used instruments, counts against the pre-established standard; and places in soiled utility room for pick up or delivers to appropriate area as required.
• Distributes Sterilized instruments and equipment from SPD to the appropriate areas in accordance with established procedures and standards.
• Reports malfunctioning equipment to Biomed for repair, alerts Nursing staff as necessary.
• Assists in maintaining the unit as a safe, clean working environment by cleaning procedure rooms utilizing established cleaning procedures such as wiping down tables, spot cleaning and damp mopping, and storing and organizing equipment and supplies.
• Sets up procedure and treatment rooms as directed by performing duties such as stripping and remaking beds and/or stretchers.
• Checks oxygen supplies and suction in rooms to ensure supplies are available and functioning according to established procedures.
• Performs related clerical duties such as maintaining records, answering the telephone, filing and typing.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education and Experience
Grade 10, plus one year's recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to communicate and deal effectively with others.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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