Position Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a casual Medical Office Assistant to join our friendly team at the South Similkameen Health Centre in Keremeos, B.C.
This role offers rotating daytime shifts, Monday to Saturday, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
✅ What to Include with Your Application
Please ensure your application includes:
1. Typing Test – Minimum 40 wpm, completed within the last 24 months from a recognized institution. Click here for testing details.
2. Medical Office Assistant – Certificate or proof of course completion
3. Education & Experience – Grade 12 plus two years’ recent related experience (or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
4. Resume – Highlighting your skills and relevant experience
5. Cover Letter – Include your availability to start a new position
How will we help you grow?
Join our clerical team as a casual employee, where you’ll enjoy variety, gain valuable experience, and have the chance to grow your career. Work hours range from 0 to 37.5 per week, with shifts available on short notice or pre-scheduled to cover leaves. Many of our team members start in casual roles and transition into permanent positions. Plus, we offer competitive wages, shift premiums, employer-paid training, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program to support you every step of the way.
What Will You Work On?
This position performs clerical and cashier duties for medical staff under the general direction of the Site Manager, such as:
• Clerical duties - answering the telephone, scheduling patient appointments and maintaining records of appointments;
• Obtains medical information from patients and completes a variety of standard forms;
• Obtains patients’ charts, medical reports, lab results and x-rays;
• Receives/records payments and issues change and receipts;
• Types technical and non-technical material - correspondence, medical reports, statements, medical billings, revisions or dictating machines;
• Telephones or transmits test results and medical information to patients, physicians and others;
• Arranges referrals to other health care providers and books patient appointments with out of town specialists and diagnostic service agencies;
If you are an experienced Clerk and want to be challenged in your role, come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work? Apply Today!
Qualifications
Education, Training & Experience
• Grade 12,
• Graduation from a Medical Office Assistant course from an accredited Community College, plus
• Two years recent related experience in a health care setting; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License as required
• Completion of an administered 5 minute typing certificate of 40 wpm in the last 24 months from an approved institution (non-supervised tests are not accepted).
Comments
Interior Health is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment free from discrimination. Our goal is to cultivate a workforce rich in culture, experience, and knowledge to enable us to provide high quality, accessible and culturally safe health services to everyone in the Interior Health region. We are committed to addressing existing inequities and barriers to achieving a diverse workforce, one that is representative of the communities we serve. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups.