Administrative Assistant, Department of Nurse Practitioners

Salary range

The salary range for this position is CAD $25.26 - $33.15 / hour

Why Fraser Health?

Are you a highly organized administrative professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment? Join our collaborative Nurse Practitioner team and play a key role in supporting healthcare leaders dedicated to improving patient care across Fraser Health.

In this role, you'll provide confidential administrative support to the Director, coordinate complex priorities, and serve as a key resource for internal and external partners.

Beyond meaningful work, this position offers the opportunity to join a supportive and engaged team while enjoying a structured weekday schedule. The role is based at Central City Tower in Surrey and operates Monday through Friday, helping to support a healthy work-life balance.

You'll also enjoy scheduling flexibility, with start times between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and corresponding end times between 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., allowing you to choose a schedule that best supports your workday.

To support onboarding and integration into the team, the successful candidate will work on-site full-time for the first six months. Following this period, a hybrid work arrangement may be considered based on operational requirements and successful completion of the onboarding period, typically consisting of three days per week on-site and up to two days working remotely.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized Administrative Assistant or Secretarial program
• Three (3) years of recent related experience in a large, complex organization, preferably in healthcare

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution while working alongside a dedicated Nurse Practitioner team that is passionate about collaboration, innovation, and improving patient care. If you take pride in delivering exceptional administrative support, building strong relationships, and helping teams succeed, we'd love to hear from you.

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

Working in support of creating remarkable patient experiences, the Administrative Assistant provides administrative support to the Directors within Professional Practice and LSI. Performs duties such as drafting and typing a variety of documents, maintaining calendars and preparing for meetings and events, generating a variety of reports and materials, assisting with the implementation and evaluation of training programs, assisting with staff onboarding, maintaining core documents and website, and developing and implementing new work methods and procedures.

Responsibilities

Provides confidential administrative support to the Director, Professional Practice and LSI and the Professional Practice and LSI departments.

Drafts, designs, transcribes, and types a variety of documents such as correspondence, reports, presentations, memoranda, education materials, manuals, and flyers.

Manages appointment calendars including scheduling and coordinating meetings, speaking engagements, and/or conferences; resolves scheduling conflicts and issues. Arranges meetings as directed; books and sets up meeting rooms, prepares agendas, organizes materials, records and prepares minutes, and conducts or ensures action item follow up.

Assists with the preparation and implementation of professional practice and LSI training programs/courses/workshops by compiling and preparing course descriptions, marketing materials, and registration forms/criteria; communicates and markets events through online registration systems, the Professional Practice and LSI intranet page and calendar and other media as appropriate. Assists with course registration, manages wait lists and communicates with participants.

Provides assistance with conducting pre and post training program/course/workshop evaluations as required; inputs, tracks and reports on statistics. Creates solutions, processes and systems that enhance the evaluation process.

Assists with onboarding of new staff; works in conjunction with Talent Acquisition and Onboarding, People & Organizational Development and Payroll as required. Follows up with any outstanding issues, maintains related records and fields onboarding questions.

Responds to a variety of internal and external inquiries by serving as the primary point of contact and providing information directly or referring to appropriate area or individual.

Updates and maintains various Professional Practice and LSI core documents including resource materials and internal work process; catalogues and archives materials and makes sure updated documents are available and accessible as appropriate. Maintains the department's Pulse page ensuring updated information is posted appropriately.

Develops and implements new work methods and procedures. Identifies problems, develops alternate solutions, and implements changes.

Performs record management duties such as setting up and maintaining filing systems and databases, and conducting file searches for requested information. Assists with maintaining the department learning hub.

Assists with monitoring expenditures for budget purposes; receives invoices and processes as appropriate.

Performs timekeeping duties and reviews labour distribution reports as required.

Qualifications

Education and ExperienceGrade 12 plus graduation from a recognized administrative or secretarial program, plus three (3) years of recent, related experience in a health care environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Ability to type 55 w.p.m.
• Knowledge of relevant software applications including word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, graphics, desktop publishing.
• Proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications at an intermediate level.
• Ability to design and create informational and marketing literature.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple and rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to deal effectively with others.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.