We Are IH: Broken bones don’t keep booking clerk from her passion

February 16, 2023
Yvette with her horse Orion’s Regal Star competing in the 2021 Kelowna Derby.

Name: Yvette Shukin (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Surgical booking clerk
Years of Service: 25
Worksite: Kootenay Lake Hospital
Community: Nelson
Ancestral TerritoryKtunaxa
Favourite Quote / Advice to live by: “Reset, restart, refocus as many times as you need to. Just don't quit.” - Unknown

Born and raised in Nelson, Yvette Shukin began her career at Interior Health in 1997 in health information management systems as a medical transcriptionist and health information processing clerk. Three years ago, she moved to surgical services at Kootenay Lake Hospital, and celebrated 25 years with Interior Health in July 2022.

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