"Clinical Assistant- GI, Needham"

Department Summary

The Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition is part of Boston Children's Hospital, ranked as one of the top children's hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We provide families with individualized treatment plans and access to more specialized care than any other hospital. We:

• Provide state-of-the-art, family-centered care for our patients using a team approach with physicians from different specialties, advanced-care providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and registered dietitians
• Provide the highest level of training to future generations of clinical and research leaders in our field
• Support, engage, and collaborate with the most inquisitive researchers; encourage innovation; and accelerate discovery to further understand causes of disease, advance personalized treatment, and ultimately develop cures
• Strive to provide a culturally diverse and inclusive environment for our patients, their families and caregivers and our clinical, research, and administrative teams
• Endeavor to be the best place to heal, to discover, and to work

Key responsibilities

• Working in our busy Gastrointestinal and Renal Sub-specialty programs caring for infants, children, adolescents and young adults with illnesses affected the GI or Renal systems.
• Receiving and/or registering patients, visitors and staff for appointments.
• Collecting, verifying and recording required information, obtaining records, files and/or results for appointments and entering related information on appropriate computer systems.
• Assisting clinician during examinations; obtaining, measuring and recording routine information such as temperature and blood pressure, weights, heights and lengths. Collecting specimens.
• Performing other related duties according to specific needs of clinic.
• Working 40 hours per week: Monday through Friday in Needham with occ rotation to Boston.

Minimum qualifications

Education:

• A HS Diploma or equivalent.

Experience:

• 1 year of Clinical Assistant experience or related healthcare experience.
• Pediatric experience strongly preferred.

Please note: During a public health emergency, individuals in this role may be expected to take on additional duties to respond to organizational needs.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.