Secretary-Ridge Meadows Hospital -Maple Ridge

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $26.63 - $26.63 / hour

Detailed Overview

Performs a variety of secretarial and administrative duties such as receiving visitors, typing correspondence, preparing agendas, recording and distributing meeting minutes and other related clerical duties.

Responsibilities

• Types a variety of technical and non-technical documents such as correspondence, reports, medical reports, minutes of meetings, medical billings, statements and reports from written form, drafts and/or dictation; composes correspondence as directed.
• Initiates client's file by obtaining client information from staff and others such as physicians and other health care facilities to complete client file information; interviews the client, relatives and/or friends to obtain information such as personal details.
• Enters information and completes admission and other related forms to the appropriate department; maintains a registry of admissions and/or discharges; completes a variety of standard forms such as medical insurance billing forms.
• Telephones and/or transmits medical and medical- related information to clients, physicians and others according to established procedures.
• Performs secretarial duties such as answering the phone, taking and relaying messages and redirecting calls to the appropriate department; provides information regarding available hospital and/or community resources to clients/families/clients.
• Distributes invoices to clients for a variety of billings and sundry accounts based on billing schedules; receives and records cash payments by the client and takes deposit record and payments to the Cashier; balances daily cash payments against payments from clients; secures cash deposits if the cashier is closed.
• Creates, maintains, updates and compiles statistical and related reports on department activities; researches, organizes and summarizes activities into various reports; sets up and maintains filing systems such as client records and correspondence.
• Maintains records such as statutory holidays, vacations taken and staff evaluation; forwards forms to appropriate area for completion and follow up.
• Maintains adequate inventory of supplies by preparing requisitions for authorization for the manager; attends various meetings and prepares and/or provides information related to meeting agendas, as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Grade 12, medical terminology and two (2) years' recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to keyboard at 50 wpm.
• Ability to communicate effective 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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