Employment type: full time Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $32.39/Hr. - CAD $32.39/Hr. Job Accuracy Posting Flag The hours of work, including start and stop times, days off, work area and work site may be subject to change consistent with operations requirements and applicable provisions of the Collective Agreement and statutes. **Testing may be required. ***A criminal record check may be required Summary Join Providence Health Care as an Secretary! You will play a key role in supporting clinical teams and coordinating administrative operations across multiple sites. This position offers the opportunity to health care, while providing competitive wages, extended benefits, and pension. In this role, you will: Coordinate administrative workflows, communications, and day-to-day departmental activities. Schedule outpatient appointments and support patient registration. Maintain patient care information systems, manage user access, and troubleshoot routine technical issues. Prepare reports, meeting agendas, minutes, and departmental communications. Collaborate with clinical teams, leadership, and IT partners to support efficient operations. If you thrive in a collaborative environment, enjoy problem-solving, and bring strong organizational and technical skills, we'd love to hear from you! What You Bring Education Grade 12, graduation from a recognized secretarial program, supplemented by recognized courses related to computer operating systems, plus two years' recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Skills and Abilities Ability to keyboard at 50 w.p.m. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Ability to deal with others effectively. Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position. Ability to organize work. Ability to operate related equipment. What We Offer Competitive salary: $32.39/hr Comprehensive benefits: Eligible employees receive a robust medical and dental benefits package Pension plan: Work towards a comfortable retirement through employer-matched contributions to one of Canada's strongest pension plans! Meaningful impact: Your dedication and expertise will directly impact the lives of patients, including many from marginalized communities. Professional growth: Access mentorship, interdisciplinary learning, and ongoing professional development opportunities. State-of-the-art facilities: Contribute to the future of care at the new St. Paul’s Hospital, opening in 2027. Inclusive culture: Thrive in an environment that values diversity, respect, and collaboration Your Day to Day: Screens and prioritizes incoming materials and calls into the department for the attention of the Professional Practice Leader and discipline staff. Responds to inquiries from staff, hospital, health department and community agencies by referring to staff within or outside the department and providing information regarding the department's procedures and services offered, drafting correspondence or referring elsewhere. Admits patients to the designated therapy area by completing required documentation and forms and entering information into the computerized ADT system. Schedules and books out-patient appointments, adjusts arrangements in accordance with patient and facility requirements and contacts areas such as Doctors' office and patients to confirm appointments. Makes follow-up appointments as required, cancels and/or adjusts patient appointments, maintains wait lists and compiles out-patient statistics. Provides or arranges orientation and support on a variety of computerized systems used to gather data, such as workload measurement and patient care information to department users such as Occupational Therapy (OT), Physiotherapy (PT), Social Work, Nutrition, and Recreation by adding or removing users, loading system software onto computer workstations, responding to user enquiries, identifying and resolving routine system problems as per established procedures and/or by liaising with vendor and IMIS personnel. Updates user manual as directed by vendor and communicates system changes to users. Ensures new users have appropriate computer access by completing paperwork and following up with IMIS as required. Maintains and monitors data in database systems such as workload measurement systems, and Providence Health Care (PHC) Alternate Level of Care by entering data, maintaining data tables, identifying required reports, verifying data integrity and communicating issues/requests to vendor and IMIS. Generates statistical data and reports and forwards to Professional Practice Leader for analysis as required. Types materials, from handwritten draft or verbal instruction, such as correspondence, memos, policies and procedures, notices, reports, discharge summaries, clinical assessments and treatments forms, and patient documentation by methods such as utilizing word processing, spreadsheet and graphic software packages, creating files and setting up columns, tables and spreadsheet calculations; enhances reports and presentation material, and distributes material as required. Maintains departmental web site by adding or removing materials and updating content as directed. Receives referrals to the department, and prioritizes and distributes to designated Therapist. Assists with the monitoring and coordination of patient wait lists by assigning the wait list referrals to the designated Therapist. Receives visitors and patients, provides information, answers inquiries and refers professional practice issues to discipline staff as needed. Performs clerical duties such as processing incoming and outgoing mail, faxing correspondence, photocopying, ordering supplies, completing maintenance requisition requests, setting up and maintaining filing systems. Attends a variety of meetings and provides support by methods such as typing and circulating agendas, recording and preparing minutes and reports. Takes follow up action as required and participat