Unit Assistant
Requisition ID: 390838
Position Number: 20038871
Posting End Date: October 30, 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: St. Boniface Hospital
Site: St. Boniface Hospital
Department / Unit: Central Resource Team - CUPE - ACR Clinics
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: CUPE
Anticipated Start Date: 10/24/2025
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary: $21.820, $22.462, $23.122, $23.801, $24.503, $25.225
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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.
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 across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
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.
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