Travel surgical tech Jobs in Toronto, ON

Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description

Posted Friday, March 7, 2025 at 5 : 00 AM | Expires Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 3 : 59 AM

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.

Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.

Type : Regular Full Time

Replacement

Job Description

The Surgical Services Secretary provides clerical support to the Surgical Program while providing support to other secretaries in a shared service model. This will include appointment bookings and follow up, collaboration with the clinical team to ensure pre-and-post surgical requirements are met, and clerical functions to support efficient clinic operations.

Summary of duties but not limited to :

• Facilitate efficient and timely access to surgical specialty surgical services by receiving and processing referrals and scheduling first appointments :
• Work collaboratively in an inter-professional shared model of care
• Receive referrals and triage according to established guidelines within the Program
• Ensure all required information is received from referring source to facilitate timely scheduling of appointments
• Triage to appropriate physician and Nurse Practitioner as per established decision algorithms
• Consult with physician and clinical team to appropriately triage and schedule patients in the surgical specialty required
• Initiate patient chart for surgical specialty areas in the Electronic Patient Record
• Schedule patient visits and coordinate required tests
• Communicate scheduled visit to appropriate individuals (referring physician, patient, etc.)
• Ensure patient receives written and verbal instruction regarding tests and appointments
• Ensuring patient understands any special preparation instructions and provides additional info regarding the tests when required
• Function in an independent capacity to contact patients regarding scheduled appointments and provide any needed clarification regarding clinic appointment or test preparation
• Maintain physician schedule for surgical clinic, services, committees and meetings including internal and external engagements
• Problem solve, triage and schedule related issues in consultation within the clinical team

Contribute to the efficient operations of surgical services including clinics by booking complex tests and follow-up appointments and ensuring that the health record for each scheduled patient is up to date :

Enhance the patient experience by facilitating patient and health care provider flow :

Engage in clerical activities to support efficient surgical services operations and contribute to a professional and team focus environment :

Coordinate and contribute to the seamless and efficient operation of the physician office :

As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

Qualifications :

Why Choose Us?

Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.

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