Posted 7 days ago
Unit Clerk - Ambulatory Care
@ Shared Health
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Overview
Shared Health is hiring a Unit Clerk for its General Surgery Clinic at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, a full-time day-shift position in person. The role receives patients, maintains charts, schedules appointments and enters patient data into hospital information systems. The position is CUPE-unionized, with a pay range of $22.925 to $26.432 per hour.
Responsibilities:
- Receive patients and maintain accurate documentation
- Answer telephone calls, triage urgency and relay messages
- Obtain, assemble and maintain patient charts
- Transcribe physicians' orders and schedule appointments and tests
- Enter patient data into information systems and prepare payroll information
Requirements summary:
- Completed recognized Unit Clerk training program
- Manitoba high school education
- Medical terminology (75% pass mark)
- Typing at 40 words per minute minimum
- Excellent oral and written English
- Previous related experience preferred
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · successfactors
- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-02
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-05
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-07
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Administrative |
| Hours per week | 38.75 |
| Schedule | day |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Hospital or clinic |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Background checks | criminal record, vulnerable sector |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples, People with disabilities |
| Education | High school (required), Trade certificate (required) |
| Fields of study | Medical terminology |
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Shared Health
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 304 |
Requisition ID: 414386
Position Number: 20007878
Posting End Date: November 11, 2026
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Shared Health
Site: Health Sciences Centre
Department / Unit: General Surgery Clinic
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 11/30/2026
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
Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient-centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Manager Health Services, or Nurse In-Charge and working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the incumbent receives patients to clinic/unit and ensures appropriate documentation is completed accurately. Acts as communication link for the unit, answering telephone calls, determining urgency, and forwarding calls or taking and relaying messages. Obtains, assembles and maintains charts. Transcribes physicians’ orders. Schedules appointments/tests for patients and obtains test results. Performs a variety of tasks for the care and comfort of patients. Prepares payroll information for the area. Maintains clinic/unit supplies, compiles statistical information and performs other miscellaneous duties as required. Enters patient data into applicable information systems. Follows all HSC policy and procedures and or specific clinic standard operating procedures.
Experience
- Previous related work experience preferred.
- Current hospital-based information systems/programs; scheduling systems/programs preferred.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Complete high school education, Manitoba standards.
- Successful completion of a recognized Unit Clerk training program required.
- Medical terminology (75% pass mark) required.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Not Applicable
Qualifications and Skills
- Typing/keyboarding skills minimum 40 wpm required.
- Excellent command of the English language (both oral and written).
- Ability to organize, manage time and prioritize workload.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team and seek assistance as necessary.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to recognize and pursue self-development opportunities.
- Ability to respond to a variety of simultaneous demands.
- Ability to operate information technology equipment as required, e.g. fax, photocopier, computer, etc.
- Ability to perform as a team member and seek assistance as necessary.
- Preference will be given to candidates competent in an Aboriginal language and/or knowledgeable in Aboriginal customs, beliefs, and practices.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to function effectively in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.
We have a unique ability to work together to make health care better. If you want to make a difference and contribute to supporting the health of your family, friends and neighbours, please apply today.
Interested candidates should select the "Apply" icon below to upload their cover letter, resume and copy of licenses/certification.
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.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.
Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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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