Ward Clerk, Emergency Department
About the role
The Opportunity
The Ward Clerk performs a variety of reception and clerical duties required for the efficient operation of the unit. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: data entry, including database entry; ordering and maintaining supplies; required transport functions; answering phones.
Hours of Work
24/7 rotating coverage
Your Qualifications
• Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.
• Completion of a recognized Secretarial or Office Administration Diploma Program preferred.
• Accurate keyboarding and data entry skills required.
• Basic knowledge of computer programs, including a word processing program, required.
• Knowledge of Meditech required.
• Demonstrated initiative, excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task required.
• Demonstrated team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to work with a wide variety of interdisciplinary team members and families.
• Previous experience in a similar role preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
• Competencies in other languages an asset
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
Ward Clerk, Emergency Department
About the role
The Opportunity
The Ward Clerk performs a variety of reception and clerical duties required for the efficient operation of the unit. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: data entry, including database entry; ordering and maintaining supplies; required transport functions; answering phones.
Hours of Work
24/7 rotating coverage
Your Qualifications
• Minimum High School Diploma or GED required.
• Completion of a recognized Secretarial or Office Administration Diploma Program preferred.
• Accurate keyboarding and data entry skills required.
• Basic knowledge of computer programs, including a word processing program, required.
• Knowledge of Meditech required.
• Demonstrated initiative, excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task required.
• Demonstrated team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to work with a wide variety of interdisciplinary team members and families.
• Previous experience in a similar role preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
• Competencies in other languages an asset
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations