Grace Hospital Looking for Patient Registration Clerk at Winnipeg, MB Full Time

Position Number: 20033493

Posting End Date: May 22, 2022

City: Winnipeg

Site: Grace Hospital

Department / Unit: Patient Registration – GGh

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: CUPE-1599(204)

Anticipated Start Date: 06/20/2022

FTE: 0.70

Anticipated Shift: Nights;Weekends

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $17.967, $18.506, $19.061, $19.633, $20.222, $20.829

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Position Overview

Receives patients who are being registered to an inpatient or outpatient program. Obtains all required documentation to pre-admit, register and assign beds to a patient according to Departmental and Hospital policies and procedures. Updates the ATD system by entering transfers, discharges and other edit information. Clerical duties include answering the telephones, responding to patient and visitor inquiries, and faxing information to internal and external sources as defined by policy. Other responsibilities include assigning beds, preparing statistical reports, picking up and delivering charts, providing break relief for Communications, registering guests renting rooms in the former Nurses Residence, sending chart request information to Health Records on days and evenings and pulling charts on nights.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

Grade 12 education.

Graduate of a Healthcare Access Services course or experience in a hospital patient registration/admitting department and a certificate in medical terminology.

Qualifications and Skills

Computer keyboard skills essential.

Working knowledge of patient data systems preferred.

Ability to type accurately at 45 w.p.m.

Ability to cope in stressful situations and ability to cope with the fluctuating work load.

Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Physical Requirements

Good physical and mental health required.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.