RECEPTIONIST, BCEHS

BC Emergency Health Services
Saanichton, BC
In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of BC Emergency Health Services, patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at BC Emergency Health Services, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all patient and employee safety aspects of this position.
The Receptionist provides a variety of clerical duties to BCEHS Corporate Head Office such as maintaining departmental files and records, receiving and directing visitors, answering phones, taking messages, re-directing calls, completing requisitions and filing.

WHAT WE DO

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.
Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services
PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.
One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.
Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study

• Performs receptionist duties as assigned such as answering incoming telephone calls, responding to or redirecting inquiries and taking messages.
• Receiving visitors and issuing parking and security passes.
• Receives and distributes faxes and mail including deliveries and prepares outgoing mail.
• Schedules appointments and meetings as directed, books meeting rooms and equipment, circulates notices, and orders and receives catering services as instructed.
• Tracks incoming correspondence by entering into CLIFF, distributes information and follows up as per established procedure.
• Performs secretarial duties including typing technical and non-technical material such as meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, reports, lists and forms from written drafts by utilizing various word processing and spreadsheet software packages.
• Monitors central Occupational First Aid Attendant in/out board.
• Performs other related duties as assigned