Clinical Assistant MOA Community Primary Care
Clinical Assistant MOA Community Primary Care
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Come work as a Clinical Assistant with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Clinical Assistant with a completed Medical Office Assistant program to join the team working at Raven Song Community Health Center in Vancouver BC. Apply today to join our team!
About Community Health Centers (CHC):
CHCs offer clinic services referral services support groups therapy and ambulatory nutrition care and a full range of addiction and mental health services to those who are living with complex psychosocial and clinical needs who are vulnerable and underserved and who require a higher intensity of services to achieve and maintain functional stability. Each clinic is staffed with Integrated Care Teams (ICTs) to care for people who experience barriers accessing services have no primary care providers and are challenged by complex health concerns (including psychosocial physical mental health and addiction comorbidities). Each ICT provides care onsite and via outreach with nurses social workers counselloers peer specialists community liaison workers family physicians nurse practitioners and psychiatrists. ICTs are supported onsite by more specialized care providers: wound care clinicians palliative care nurses OTs dieticians and many other disciplines.
As a Clinical Assistant you will:
- Report to the Manager or delegate provides extensive clinical and clerical medical office duties to support the smooth function of the Primary Health Care Clinic/Program.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Grade 12 graduation from a Medical Office Assistant program.
- One 1 year of recent related clinical medical office support experience or an equivalent combination of education training and experience.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Working knowledge of clinical policies procedures and objectives.
- Working knowledge of community resources and agencies.
- Working knowledge of office procedures.
Business writing skills. - Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Ability to perform basic medical tests and accurately assess and record results in medical files.
- Ability to respond independently and effectively to emergent situation and effectively present health information to individuals.
- Ability to keyboard 5000 keystrokes per hour.
- Exceptional customer service and communication skills.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team.
- Ability to prioritize and organize workload and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain satisfactory work relationships with clients and staff.
- Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with coworkers clients and staff from other agencies.
- Demonstrated skill in using a variety of office equipment and computer software programs.
Closing Statement
The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check.
As per Ministry of Health policy all health care workers working in publiclyfunded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.
WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH
VCH is a world class innovator in medical care research and teaching delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH we embrace thinking boldly taking smart risks and going first when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.
- Comprehensive health benefits package including MSP extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
- Grow your career with employerpaid training and leadership development opportunities
- Wellness supports including counselling critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
- Awardwinning recognition programs to honour staff medical staff and volunteers
At Vancouver Coastal Health our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices diverse teams and inclusive environments which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equitydeserving communities including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.
Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canadas Top 100 Employers in 2025.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for this posting.
***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***
Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.
Employment Type
Full-Time
