**Categories:**Clerical / Administration

**Location(s):**Owen Sound

**Types:**Full Time

POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND UNION AFFILIATION: OPSEU – CLERICAL STATUS: FULL-TIME REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT WAGE RATE: $26.020 – $28.046

Reporting to the Manager, the Ward Clerk is responsible for facilitating the flow of patient care efficiently and safely through accurate and timely completion of assigned duties. Patient care is provided with an interdisciplinary focus. The Ward Clerk is required to work with all members of the Health Care Team in a collaborative manner. The Ward Clerk will demonstrate a high degree of productivity and excellent written and verbal communication towards patients, families and staff.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Secondary School Diploma with relevant administrative/secretarial experience or post-secondary business/office administration diploma
• Successful completion of PM Access (testing and training is available through Learning Resources)
• Proven experience with the Cerner patient information system including out-patient registration, scheduling, reports and order entry
• Experience working in an outpatient clinic environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (MS Word to be tested)
• Knowledge of medical terminology (to be tested)
• Typing 30 wpm (to be tested)
• Knowledge of payroll entry in Medipay
• Effective problem solving, decision making and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing work environment
• Self-directed worker with minimal supervision
• Recent satisfactory attendance and performance records
• Knowledge of and adherence to Brightshores ‘CARE’ Behaviours (Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Excellence)
• Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes

Preferred

• Ward Clerk Certificate Program