Posted 4 days ago
Unit Assistant
@ Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Overview
St. Boniface Hospital, part of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, is hiring a full-time Unit Assistant in its Cardiac Clinics on a day shift starting January 2027. The role combines clerical work such as scheduling, charting and receptionist duties with direct patient support, including assisting patients in wheelchairs. The position is on-site, with 2,015 annual base hours and a posted wage of $22.925 to $26.432 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Schedule appointments and consultations
- Prepare exam rooms and assist patients
- Prepare charts and perform receptionist duties
- Support the Records Area and order supplies
- Process physicians' orders
Requirements summary:
- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Six months nursing unit experience
- St. Boniface Ward Clerk Training Program completion
- Knowledge of computer systems
- Physically capable of assisting patients in wheelchairs
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Administrative |
| Experience | 0+ years |
| Hours per week | 38.75 |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Encouraged to apply | People with disabilities, Indigenous peoples |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is one of the largest and most diverse health regions in Canada. It is responsible for providing health care to more than 700,000 people living in the City of Winnipeg as well as the surrounding Rural Municipalities of East and West St. Paul and the Town of Churchill, located in northern Manitoba. The WRHA also provides health care support and specialty referral services to nearly 500,000 Manitobans who live outside its boundaries as well as residents of northwestern Ontario and Nunavut who require the specialty referral services and expertise available in Winnipeg. This page is not monitored 24/7 and does not provide medical advice. Guidelines for public interactions with WRHA social media:
- LinkedIn followers
- 14,015
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 2,874
- Reported office locations
- 650 Main Street, 4th Floor,, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1E2, CA
- Business categories
- Hospital
- Health Care
- Government
- Other recorded names
- Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
- Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA)
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- 0
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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is one of the largest and most diverse health regions in Canada. It is responsible for providing health care to more than 700,000 people living in the City of Winnipeg as well as the surrounding Rural Municipalities of East and West St. Paul and the Town of Churchill, located in northern Manitoba. The WRHA also provides health care support and specialty referral…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Organization type | Government Agency |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,364 |
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Requisition ID: 414254
Position Number: 20048731
Posting End Date: November 11, 2026
City: Winnipeg
Employer: St. Boniface Hospital
Site: St. Boniface Hospital
Department / Unit: Cardiac Clinics
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 01/23/2027
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $22.925, $23.586, $24.266, $24.965, $25.688, $26.432
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
Under the general supervision of the Manager Health Services, and while demonstrating a commitment to the Mission, Values and Management Philosophy of St. Boniface Hospital, the Unit Assistant is responsible for providing clerical and patient related support to include: scheduling appointments/consults; preparing examining rooms; assisting patients; preparing charts; performing receptionist duties; assisting in the Records Area; ordering supplies; processing physicians' orders; and performing other related duties as assigned.
Experience
- Six (6) months experience in a nursing unit.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Grade 12 or equivalent.
- Successful completion of the St. Boniface Hospital Ward Clerk Training Program.
Note: Six (6) months Ward Clerk experience on a nursing unit in lieu of "Successful completion of the St. Boniface Hospital Ward Clerk Training Program" shall be applicable only to those applicants in a "grandfathering" situation - i.e. those who have previous ward clerk experience without having completed the Ward Clerk Training Program. Minimum experience required in these instances shall be one (1) year in total.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Not Applicable
Qualifications and Skills
- Knowledge of computer systems.
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
- Ability to retain information which is of a confidential nature.
- Good telephone manner.
- Good interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to adapt readily to stressful situations.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Physical Requirements
- Physically capable of assisting patients in wheelchairs.
St. Boniface Hospital is committed to empowering a workforce that welcomes and celebrates diversity by fostering culturally safe places for all employees. We strive to celebrate our diverse workforce and the outstanding work we do every day.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
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