Your Opportunity:

The Unit Clerk provides clerical support to staff and physicians on the nursing unit. This includes handling or referring incoming phone calls, greeting, and directing visitors and patients and ensuring that the whereabouts of staff is known at all times. The Unit Clerk manages the information flow between physicians, nurses, and multidisciplinary team. This includes relaying information related to admissions, transfers and discharge of patients, diagnostic tests, medical treatments, medications, and pre- and post-operative treatments as requested. The Unit Clerk also transcribes and processes doctor's orders including medication orders, laboratory orders, diagnostic imaging orders, other diagnostic studies and treatment orders. The Unit Clerk manages patient records and charts and may prepare and submit health care billings on behalf of physicians for a variety of procedures, treatments, and services. The Unit Clerk will ensure that an adequate level of supplies and equipment are available on the unit and submit work orders as required. The Unit Clerk will admit the patients using Connect Care and update the Connect Care records as required. The Unit Clerk will assist the Unit Manager with checking of payroll. Some staff and patient scheduling is also required. The Unit Clerk may also assist with staff and patient screening. As a casual employee (on a call-in basis), you will not have a regular schedule and there will be no minimum hours guaranteed for any week or month. This position is based in 5B1 Hemodialysis at the University of Alberta Hospital.

Description:

As a Unit Clerk, you will be responsible for the efficient flow of communication between health professionals, departments, patients and families while maintaining confidentiality of patient information. You will also be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks which may include reception, greeting and directing visitors, patients and health professionals, maintaining patient records and charts, transcribing and processing physician orders as well as scheduling patient tests and/or treatments. You will also be responsible for performing a range of administrative activities in support of the unit.