Unit Clerk

Original job posting

The Unit Clerk manages communication between health professionals, patients, and families while maintaining strict confidentiality. Key tasks include administrative support, processing physician orders, and coordinating patient flow and scheduling.

Job details

Your Opportunity: Description: As a Unit Clerk, you will be responsible for the efficient flow of communication between health professionals, departments, patients and families while maintaining confidentiality of patient information. You will also be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks which may include reception, greeting and directing visitors, patients and health professionals, maintaining patient records and charts, transcribing and processing physician orders as well as scheduling patient tests and/or treatments. You will also be responsible for performing a range of administrative activities in support of the unit. Classification: Unit Clerk Union: AUPE GSS Unit and Program: Medicine 5A4 Nephrology Primary Location: U of A Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.85 Posting End Date: 16-SEP-2026 Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits Date Available: 28-SEP-2026 Temporary End Date: 31-MAR-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 4 Shifts per cycle: 17 Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends Days Off: As Per Rotation Minimum Salary: $28.49 Maximum Salary: $34.62 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent. Completion of an accredited Unit Clerk Course or equivalent training program. Additional Required Qualifications: Recent healthcare administrative or clerical experience. Strong computer proficiency including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. Strong organizational and multitasking skills. Minimum two (2) years recent acute care Unit Clerk experience. Medical terminology training. To ensure your skills and qualifications are considered, please attach a resume and cover letter with your application. Preferred Qualifications: Connect Care experience preferred. Experience supporting admissions, transfers, discharges and patient flow preferred. Assisted with patient flow coordination while working independently in a fast-paced healthcare environment. Able to work independently to support and improve patient flow throughout clinical operations.

What you’ll do

The Unit Clerk manages communication between health professionals, patients, and families while maintaining strict confidentiality. Key tasks include administrative support, processing physician orders, and coordinating patient flow and scheduling.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Grade 12 diploma, a certified Unit Clerk course, and at least two years of recent acute care experience. Proficiency in medical terminology and Microsoft Office tools is required.

Listed skills

• Microsoft Teams · Preferred
• Administrative Support · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Multitasking · Preferred
• Microsoft Word · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• Microsoft Outlook · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Medical Terminology
• Patient Records Management
• Physician Order Processing
• Scheduling
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Teams
• Connect Care
• Patient Flow Coordination
• Multitasking
• Organizational Skills
• Administrative Support
• Confidentiality
• Reception

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Administrative