Clerk/Receptionist
Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $27.48
- $27.48 / hour Job Summary Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.
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Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter Detailed Overview Reporting to the Manager, Health Services, performs a variety of receptionist, secretarial and clerical duties; answers the telephone; directs calls and takes messages; schedules appointments; arranges patient referral to specialists, special tests and other care providers; types correspondence and reports; copies and assembles files/charts; transcribes patient notes; data entry for the purpose of patient registration, and MSP billing information for Teleplan System; prepares examination and treatment rooms; receives and codes payments into cash receipt journal and notifies manager of outstanding aged and rejected claims; maintains stationery and reference material; orientates new staff; participates on committees and attends meetings as required.
Responsibilities Provides desk reception, including handling telephone inquiries, scheduling appointments, arranging for patient referral to specialists, special tests, and other care providers.Performs assigned clerical tasks, including typing, copying assembling and maintaining files/charts, and transcribing patient notes, correspondence, and reports.
Performs data entry for the purposes of patient registrations, MSP billing information for Teleplan System.
Notifies Supervisor of outstanding aged and rejected claims, MSP Remittances and Adjustments.
Prepares examination and treatment rooms for patient visit, including instrument set-up.
Escorts patients to the appropriate examination room.
Receives payments from patients; codes payments into the cash receipts journal.
Assists in ordering, maintaining, receiving and checking supplies, equipment and reference material.
Participates in the orientation of new staff and students.
Reports unusual occurrences and risk management issues.
Participates on committees and attends meetings related to job duties.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications Education and Experience Grade 12 and two years' recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Skills and Abilities Ability to keyboard at 35 w.p.m.
Knowledge of medical terminology.
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to deal with others effectively.
Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
Ability to organize work.
Ability to operate related equipment.
About Fraser Health Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People- those we care for and those who care for them
- are at the heart of everything we do.
Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force.We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust.
Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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