General Secretary, Terraces Health Centre
About the role
Baycrest Terraces has an exciting opportunity for a
GENERAL SECRETARY Terraces Health Centre Posting Number: 9700
Position Type: Temporary Full-Time (up to 6 months)
Shift Type: Day, No Weekends (subject to change) Bi-Weekly Hours: 70 Hours, 7 hrs/shift
Union: SEIU Clerical
Hourly Pay Rate: $27.01 - $29.41
Date Posted: March 16, 2026
Internal Closing Date: March 25, 2026
About Us At Baycrest, senior living reflects a commitment to supporting people as they age with purpose, fulfilment and dignity. Through communities such as Baycrest Terraces, we offer retirement living, assisted living and memory care services designed to meet evolving needs.
At Baycrest Terraces, we believe individuals can flourish and embrace opportunity at every stage of their lives. Baycrest Terraces is where residents can continue to thrive in their later years. We offer unmatched health care, social activities, and cultural programs that enhance the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual health of our residents.
Job Summary The primary responsibilities of the General Secretary are to support the provision of secretarial and clerical services within the assigned area of responsibility. The General Secretary works in compliance with external legislative/regulatory standards, Centre wide and departmental policies and procedures and other requirements related to areas of responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Books appointments on behalf of all residents including labs, clinics, specialist, consults, assessments, CACC and other referrals, schedules follow up appointments with patients and families
- Provides reception and telephone answering services for Health Centre.
- Provides clerical, administrative, staffing and scheduling for all clinical areas.
- Arranges meetings and appointments for physicians and/or family meetings.
- Ensures necessary office supplies and clinical supplies are requisitioned, ordered and received.
- Performs other clerical functions i.e photocopying materials, arranging courier services, picking up / delivering mail in the clinical portfolio which includes all care areas: Independent Supportive Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care.
Qualifications
- Completion of Grade 12 is required.
- Completion of a recognized post-secondary Medical Secretary program required.
- Previous experience in a not-for-profit health care facility is preferred.
- Two (2) years of related secretarial / administrative support experience
- Excellent computer skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with of electronic patient scheduling programs such as MediTech
- Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills.
- Understands and adheres to confidentiality.
- Demonstrated medical transcription skills with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Proofreading skills.
- Ability to organize time, set priorities and multitask in order to meet various competing work, deadlines and continual interruptions
About Baycrest
Headquartered on a 22-acre campus in Ontario and fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest is the global leader in developing and providing innovations in aging and brain health.
Baycrest is unique in the world, combining a comprehensive system of care for aging patients, one of the world's top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, dedicated centres focused on mitigating the impact of age-related illness and impairment, and unmatched global knowledge exchange and commercialization capacity.
An independent benchmarking study concluded that few institutions match the breadth and uniqueness of the integrated models of service delivery and the calibre of translational research at Baycrest.
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General Secretary, Terraces Health Centre
About the role
Baycrest Terraces has an exciting opportunity for a
GENERAL SECRETARY Terraces Health Centre Posting Number: 9700
Position Type: Temporary Full-Time (up to 6 months)
Shift Type: Day, No Weekends (subject to change) Bi-Weekly Hours: 70 Hours, 7 hrs/shift
Union: SEIU Clerical
Hourly Pay Rate: $27.01 - $29.41
Date Posted: March 16, 2026
Internal Closing Date: March 25, 2026
About Us At Baycrest, senior living reflects a commitment to supporting people as they age with purpose, fulfilment and dignity. Through communities such as Baycrest Terraces, we offer retirement living, assisted living and memory care services designed to meet evolving needs.
At Baycrest Terraces, we believe individuals can flourish and embrace opportunity at every stage of their lives. Baycrest Terraces is where residents can continue to thrive in their later years. We offer unmatched health care, social activities, and cultural programs that enhance the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual health of our residents.
Job Summary The primary responsibilities of the General Secretary are to support the provision of secretarial and clerical services within the assigned area of responsibility. The General Secretary works in compliance with external legislative/regulatory standards, Centre wide and departmental policies and procedures and other requirements related to areas of responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Books appointments on behalf of all residents including labs, clinics, specialist, consults, assessments, CACC and other referrals, schedules follow up appointments with patients and families
- Provides reception and telephone answering services for Health Centre.
- Provides clerical, administrative, staffing and scheduling for all clinical areas.
- Arranges meetings and appointments for physicians and/or family meetings.
- Ensures necessary office supplies and clinical supplies are requisitioned, ordered and received.
- Performs other clerical functions i.e photocopying materials, arranging courier services, picking up / delivering mail in the clinical portfolio which includes all care areas: Independent Supportive Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care.
Qualifications
- Completion of Grade 12 is required.
- Completion of a recognized post-secondary Medical Secretary program required.
- Previous experience in a not-for-profit health care facility is preferred.
- Two (2) years of related secretarial / administrative support experience
- Excellent computer skills including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with of electronic patient scheduling programs such as MediTech
- Excellent verbal, written and listening communication skills.
- Understands and adheres to confidentiality.
- Demonstrated medical transcription skills with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Proofreading skills.
- Ability to organize time, set priorities and multitask in order to meet various competing work, deadlines and continual interruptions
About Baycrest
Headquartered on a 22-acre campus in Ontario and fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest is the global leader in developing and providing innovations in aging and brain health.
Baycrest is unique in the world, combining a comprehensive system of care for aging patients, one of the world's top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience, dedicated centres focused on mitigating the impact of age-related illness and impairment, and unmatched global knowledge exchange and commercialization capacity.
An independent benchmarking study concluded that few institutions match the breadth and uniqueness of the integrated models of service delivery and the calibre of translational research at Baycrest.