Ward Clerk - Operating Room

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Req ID: 163937
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Western Zone, Valley Regional Hospital Department: OPWZ PERI Operating Room VRH
Type of Employment: Casual Casual Relief ( 3% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-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 an 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 Health Services Manager, Perioperative Services, the Ward Clerk works in collaboration with all the members of the multidisciplinary team. Duties will include, but are not limited to, ensuring that all required documentation is processed appropriately and accurately, facilitating an effective and efficient flow of written and electronic information as well as supplies, and ensuring the work area is organized. The Ward Clerk coordinates schedules with PAC/APA clinics and works as part of the team to facilitate patient flow through the Day Surgery Unit Service.
The Ward Clerk ensures that the principles and practices that guide our work such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviors, the leadership philosophy, organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the services they provide and through the messages they deliver.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Demonstrated planning, organization and time management skills
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Successful completion of a course in medical terminology
• Demonstrated collaboration and teamwork skills
• Experience in OR Booking procedures and use of Operating Room Management System an asset
• Demonstrated accountability
• Graduate of an approved office administration course
• Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health
• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Word , Excel and Email
• Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
• Grade 12
• Experience working with Meditech systems (OE and EMR ORM preferred)

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

• Casual Relief

Compensation and Incentives
$20.10 - $21.91 hourly
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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