Zone: Eastern Rural Zone
Location: Marystown Health & Community Service Building
Clerk Typist III
Remote Work Opportunities
Mental Health and Addictions
Temporary Full-time (until June 13, 2025, with the possibility of extension)
22730RP1

Hours: 75 bi-weekly (8-hour shifts; days)

Salary: CG-26 (CAD25.03 - CAD27.70 per hour)

Competition Number: VAC0011412

Posted Date: 2025-05-15

Closing Date: 2025-05-22

Job Summary
Reporting to the Program Manager, this position will provide advanced clerical/secretarial support to the health professionals and manager of the FACT Team and Mental Health and Addictions Program. Working in a fast-paced environment, the successful applicant will be involved in handling multiple assignments at once, having daily contact with a diverse team of healthcare professionals as well as contact with clients and visitors.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: organizing and maintaining staff schedules utilizing community wide scheduling; registering and confirming client appointments (in person and by telephone) greeting and directing public and health professionals; payroll entry and record keeping; data collection and database/record management; orientation to other clerical personnel related to department; general office duties such as preparing correspondence, scheduling meetings, taking and transcribing minutes for specific meetings, filing, mail distribution, supply ordering, coordinating caterings, and general office duties

Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):
Regularly lifts objects weighing less than 5 lbs. and occasionally up to 10 lbs.
Work provides the opportunity to occasionally stand and walk within the office environment and requires bending, stretching, etc., to retrieve and return files.
Constantly performs repetitive fine motor skills while sitting and using a computer and mouse for typing.
Regularly to constantly uses bilateral, repetitive fine finger/precision work (i.e. typing/ mousing) on the computer (seated at a workstation).

Job Qualifications
Successful completion of a two-year Office Administration program OR completion of a one-year Office Administration program from an approved/recognized college supplemented by two years of experience within the last four in a progressively responsible clerical role is required.
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.
A valid Newfoundland and Labrador Class 5 Driver’s License and the use of a private vehicle are conditions of employment.
A satisfactory record of work performance is required.

*Proof of a current office administration program is required. To be considered current, they must have been completed within the last five years, unless it has been used in recent positions. This must be demonstrated on the application form.

** If medical terminology isn't current, a medical terminology test may be administered by the Human Resources Client Services Department.

NL Health Services requires internal employees applying on unionized clerical/administrative positions to have their educational documents on file and any required testing completed before the closing date of the competition (exception is the medical transcription test, which can be completed per competition). If you do not have your educational documents on your employee file, you should attach them when applying online or e-mail them to [email protected]. If testing is required contact Recruitment in your local area.