Program Clerk
Cornwall Community Hospital
Job Description
Summary of responsibilities
The overall function of the Program Clerk is to assist our patients, caregivers and community to manage clinical conditions and transitions, maximize the patient’s self-care abilities, as well as embody a culture of caregiver inclusion in the patient’s plan of care.
The Program Clerk answers and places telephone calls, relays messages and directs patients’ relatives and visitors as well as embody a culture of caregiver inclusion in the patient’s plan of care; completes diagnostic requisitions, processes diagnostic requisitions, initiates transfer forms, processes physician’s orders; fills out, sends, receives, delivers and files requisitions on patient charts and ensures charts are complete; orders supplies for the Unit. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements of the job
• Completion of Ontario Secondary School Diploma
• Medical Terminology (tested with a pass mark of 75% or greater)
• M...