Operating Room Unit Clerk- Burnaby Hospital (Buh)

The salary range for this position is CAD $27.23 - $27.23 / hour

Why Fraser Health?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services 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 nearly 45,000 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. Learn more .

We are currently looking to fill a Casual opportunity for a Operating Room Unit Clerk at Burnaby Hospital (BUH) located in Burnaby, BC.

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Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer . 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.

Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (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 there are no exceptions.

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Detailed Overview

Under the direction of the Manager, Clinical Services or designate, performs a variety of clerical, reception, and statistical support functions for the Operating Room area.

Responsibilities

• Performs other related duties as required.
• Orients new staff and students to unit by demonstrating procedures, answering questions, and explaining unit organization and layout.
• Books emergency cases, completes related paperwork and notifies appropriate department, physicians, anaesthetists and staff, as directed.
• Enters information on individual surgery into the information system. Distributes copies of the slates on the unit as established. Provides information on surgery, medical and nursing staff location, as required.
• Participates in the efficient running of the unit by providing information such as patient or surgery location and/or coordinating patient related services such as scheduling for diagnostic procedures, patient transportation, blood bank. Notifies appropriate areas of adjustments to the O.R. slate.
• Monitors and maintains unit stationery and supply levels, prepares documentation, and requisitions stationery supplies from stores and for STAT supplies from areas such as Pharmacy; completes equipment repair or maintenance orders as directed.
• Performs various related clerical duties such as retrieving daily, monthly and quarterly slates, maintaining/updating manual and computerized records, and compiling statistics.
• Performs reception duties such as answering the telephone, receiving/relaying messages, taking messages, answering routine inquiries or referring calls as appropriate.
• Retrieves required charts from the units, attaches documents such as medication orders and laboratory reports, forwards charts for review by anaesthetist and returns charts to appropriate units, in accordance with established procedures.
• Performs clerical duties such as typing, filing and photocopying.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

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

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to organize work.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Ability to type at 40 w.p.m.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.