Clerical Associate - Toronto, Canada - Runnymede Healthcare Centre
Description
Clerical Associate - Permanent Part-Time (12 Hour Shifts)
Position summary:
The Clerical Associate provides support to the patient care team. He/she also acts as a navigator for patients and families. Complete coordination duties to ensure the patient care is organized and standardized.
He/she is a key contact for patients, substitute decision makers (SDMs), LHIN, Patient Flow team, lab team, healthcare providers and community partners.
Responsibilities include:
- Assists team leader(s) to ensures that nonclinical tasks are completed and followed up during and from previous shift(s)
- Ensures timely accomplishment of operational and strategic projects across the floor
- Complete all care delivery, safety and equipment related audits as assigned
- Ensure that admissions, discharges and transfers are coordinated smoothly across the floor
- Register the patient upon admission
- Contributes to a wellorganized and positive work environment
- Create a climate of effective communication with staff, patients, SDMs, families and other members of the interprofessional team
- Advocate for protecting and promoting the patient's autonomy, respect, privacy and dignity
- Coordinate activities related to care delivery across the floor including Voicera tracking
- Manage clinical equipment inventory and facilitate/track biomedical service requests
- Ordering equipment and supplies
- Coordinate and follow up regarding Lab Reports and update resources for Physicians' rounds
- Coordinates staff meetings and supports the completion of agenda and minutes.
- Coordinates with health information services to carry out all health information access requests
- Coordinates with Facilities and IS to ensure equipment requirements are met
- Scheduling of patient appointments, transportation and escorts
- Provide dictations for physician review and distribution to other units, as required
- Distribute diagnostic results to team leads/nurses daily, as they become available
- Under the direction of management, communicate hospital wide changes and initiatives to family members and patients
- High School Diploma required or equivalent. Office Administration certificate/diploma preferred. Knowledge of Medical Terminology preferred.
- Minimum one (1) year recent related clerical experience, in a hospital setting required
- Proficient in MS Office Suite, EMR, and data entry/keyboarding skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- The ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Excellent proven attendance record
Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Runnymede Healthcare Centre, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to the hired employee's first date of employment. Requests for exemption will be considered on a case-by-case basis in alignment with the Hospital's obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.
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Job Types:
Part-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee assistance program
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have knowledge of medical terminology?
- Are you interested in working 12 hour shifts?
Experience:
- Clerical: 1 year (required)
Work Location:
In person
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