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Req ID: 161451
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Harbourview Hospital
Department: OPEZ Nursing Admin LCD/Admin HV
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT ( 70% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 13-Sep-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.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About The Opportunity
Reporting to the Resident Care Manager or delegate, the Clerk Typist is responsible for providing general office duties and accurate data entry and transcription in support of the unit.
Duties include, but are not limited to: registering patients and entering doctors’ lab orders through Meditech; assisting in entering specimens from outside hospitals and satellite clinics; accurately typing surgical and autopsy reports, consults, referral letters, memos and any other correspondence as required by the department; filing reports and maintaining filing system; sorting and delivering mail, answering the telephone; photocopying; faxing; booking, schedule appointments; maintaining supplies and any other related duties as assigned.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills – a high degree of tact, judgement and confidentiality
• Demonstrated knowledge of Windows
• Grade 12
• Proficient keyboarding skills
• Ability to work in an area with frequent interruptions
• One year secretarial or business course
• One (1) year experience in the clerical field
• Medical Terminology Course or willingness to obtain

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

• Permanent, Part-Time (70%) Position; 49 Hours Bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives
$20.09 - $21.91 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
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.
Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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