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SalaryReq ID: 172852
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Taigh Na Mara
Department: OPEZ Res Care Taigh Na Mara & Geriatric
Type of Employment: PermanentHourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-Feb-24
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About the Opportunity
The Administrative Assistant will report to the Resident Care Manager and will perform a variety of secretarial, administrative and co-ordination duties including, but not limited to:
- providing administrative and clerical support
- patient registration
- managing patient funds
- data entry on NSHiS
- maintaining workload and statistical data
- general secretarial duties (processing mail, composing routine correspondence, typing, transcribing dictation, filing, maintaining mail lists, faxing, collating, photocopying and answering the telephone)
- recording/maintaining meeting minutes
- ordering, receiving, maintaining direct order purchasing and inventory
- other job related duties
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Grade 12
- Graduate of a Medical Secretarial program (two years)
- Minimum of five (5) years experience in a medical environment
- Typing speed of 55 w.p.m.
- Proficiency with a variety of office software including word processing, spreadsheet applications, and SAP systems
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, high degree of tact, judgment and confidentially
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Demonstrated initiative, ability to set deadlines without sacrificing work standards
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Permanent, Full-Time Position; 75 Hours Bi-weekly
Compensation and Incentives
$21.58 - $26.98 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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