Health Records Clerk

Requisition ID: 355807

Position Number: 20033562

Posting End Date:   March 23, 2024

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority  

Site:  Grace Hospital

Department / Unit: Health Records - GGH

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: CUPE  

Anticipated Start Date: 04/13/2024

FTE: 0.40

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings  

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.50

Annual Base Hours: 1950

Salary: $19.763 , $20.355 , $20.966 , $21.594 , $22.244 , $22.910

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Position Overview

Performs a variety of duties including retrieving and filing of patient’s records/reports, and accessing and/or updating via the computer system. Answers telephone and over-the-counter enquiries for charts and information. Assembling and processing of patient health records for discharged patients in prescribed order and files reports in the appropriate patient file.

Experience

• Experience in a health care facility or physician’s office preferred.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Grade 12 education.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Medical Terminology.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

Not Applicable

Qualifications and Skills

• Working knowledge of computers and demonstrated keyboarding skills.
• Ability to file accurately.
• Neat, legible penmanship.
• Demonstrated understanding of the terminal digit filing system.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills.

Physical Requirements

• Physical strength to lift filing materials.
• Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time.

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. Effective April 1, 2024, Golden West Centennial Lodge will also be part of the WRHA legal entity. 

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.