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Unit Clerk
@ Alberta Health Services
Red Deer, Alberta
Overview
Alberta Health Services is hiring a full-time Unit Clerk for the Emergency Department at Red Deer Regional Hospital. The role coordinates communication and record keeping between staff, patients and families, with rotating days, nights and weekends at 1.00 FTE and a pay range of $28.49 to $34.62 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Answer and direct calls and facilitate communication between departments
- Maintain patient records, charts and Connect Care medical records
- Transcribe and process physician orders
- Schedule patient tests and treatments and book service requests
- Oversee unit transport and lab specimen quality control
Requirements summary:
- Grade 12 or equivalent
- Accredited Unit Clerk course or equivalent training
- Respectful communication and interpersonal collaboration skills
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Emergency or acute care experience preferred
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- 2026-11-01
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- 2026-11-06
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Hours per week | 38.5 |
| Schedule | day, evening, weekends, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Alberta Health Services
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Healthy Albertans. Healthy Communities. Together.
Full company description
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life, and from all corners of the world. Our mission is to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans. Our five values – compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and safety – are at the heart of everything that we do.
- LinkedIn followers
- 221,476
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 46,271
- Reported office locations
- 10030 – 107 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3E4, CA
- 1620 29 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4L7, CA
- Other recorded names
- Alberta Health Services
- Specialties
- Health Support and Services
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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is proud to be part of Canada’s first and largest provincewide, integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta, as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories Our skilled and dedicated professionals, support staff and physicians come from numerous disciplines, from all walks of life…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 2008 |
| Specialties | Health Support and Services |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2,134 |
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Your Opportunity:
The Unit Clerk functions as a receptionist and clerk for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Emergency Department. It is a dynamic, fast paced position that requires strong time management and communication skills. This position is a coordinator and a central source of information and record keeping relating to the activities, communication and service for patients, their families, and staff. The Unit Clerk acts as a liaison between members of the inter-disciplinary team as well as other hospital and non-hospital staff. Duties of a Unit Clerk include, but are not limited to, answering and directing phone calls in a courteous manner; facilitating communication between the Emergency department and others hospital units and community providers; booking service requests; overseeing unit transport; overseeing lab specimen quality control; reconciling medical records within Connect Care, overseeing referrals, attending traumas, retrieving blood products from the blood bank when necessary and assisting with Unit Based Staffing outside staffing office hours.
Description:
As a Unit Clerk, you will be responsible for the efficient flow of communication between health professionals, departments, patients and families while maintaining confidentiality of patient information. You will also be responsible for a variety of administrative tasks which may include reception, greeting and directing visitors, patients and health professionals, maintaining patient records and charts, transcribing and processing physician orders as well as scheduling patient tests and/or treatments. You will also be responsible for performing a range of administrative activities in support of the unit.
- Classification: Unit Clerk
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: Emergency
- Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 06-NOV-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 16-NOV-2026
- Hours per Shift: 11.08
- Length of Shift in weeks: 12
- Shifts per cycle: 42
- Shift Pattern: Days, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $28.49
- Maximum Salary: $34.62
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent. Completion of an accredited Unit Clerk Course or equivalent training program.
Additional Required Qualifications:Demonstrated respectful communication skills. Demonstrated interpersonal collaboration skills. Demonstrated strong time management and organizational skills.
Preferred Qualifications:Emergency Department/Acute Care Experience. Connect Care Experience. IRequest Experience. WFM Experience. Unit Based Staffing Experience.
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