Switchboard| Cashier| Registration| Health Records

at  Interior Health Authority

Creston Valley Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Casual Switchboard Operator/Health Records Clerk to join their team! Hours of work for this position are Monday to Friday - 07:00 to 15:00, 07:00 to 13:30, 08:00 to 16:00, 08:00 to 14:30, 09:00 to 17:00, 09:45 to 17:00.
Days off: Sun, Sat, STAT
This is a Casual opportunity. Casual means there are no guaranteed hours and work requirements can vary from 0 - 37.5 hours per week.

EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE:

• Grade twelve
• One (1) year of recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to keyboard at 45 wpm
• 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.

• Operates switchboard and public address system and other paging device systems;
• Receives and directs patients and visitors;
• Health records – pull and assemble charts/files, identify and process corrections, receive and process requests for release of information, review completed charts for accuracy, maintain statistics and health record tracking systems;
• Responds to and monitors hospital alarms and emergency codes;
• Maintains physician on-call/vacation lists and other hospital staff;
• Patient registration;
• Cashier duties - receiving payments; recording payments in cash journals and/or summary sheets; and issuing change and receipts;
• Maintains supply inventory by ordering stock and non-stock items for acute and residential care;
• Receives, checks and deposits patient valuables for safekeeping;
• Clerical duties - typing, compiling and distributing various documents/lists/schedules, completing data entry for pre-admissions, admissions, discharges, and transfers, opening and redirecting incoming mail, and maintaining filing systems