Patient Care Associate (Trainee) - Medicine Multispecialty Center
Scheduled Hours
40
Position Summary
This is a student intern role. Performs select administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a licensed healthcare professional; administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, patient billing, and coding medical information for insurance purposes; clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and providing medical attention as directed by physician or nursing staff.
Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides clerical and administrative support, including answering phones, setting schedules and meetings, typing documents, filing and back-up support for others.
- Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean; cleans and sterilizes equipment, instruments, rooms, etc., and appropriately disposes of contaminated supplies.
- Interviews patients via phone or in person to obtain medical information or schedule various activities; creates, updates and coordinates various medical records and files.
- Interacts with patients providing various routine information such as explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets or various pre-established instructions to patients.
- Collects blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs the specimens and prepares them for testing; may measure patient vital signs, weight and height.
- May perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
- May show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Exposure to blood-borne pathogens. Requires protective devices. Patient care setting. Direct patient care setting.
Physical Effort: Typically sitting at desk or table. Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement. Occasional lifting (25 lbs or less).
Equipment: Office equipment. Clinical/diagnostic equipment. Simple hand tools.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.
Required Qualifications
Education: High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.
Certifications: The list below may include all acceptable certifications and issuers. More than one credential or certification may be required depending on the role. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross
Work Experience: No specific work experience is required for this position.
Skills: Not Applicable
Driver's License: A driver's license is not required for this position.
More About This Job
Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date. Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).
Preferred Qualifications: Some college or medical assistant school training.
Preferred Qualifications
Education: No additional education beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.
Certifications: No additional certification beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.
Work Experience: No additional work experience beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.
Skills: File Maintenance, Healthcare Environments, Interpersonal Communication, Medical Terminology, Microsoft Office, Office Administration, Office Procedures, Oral Communications, Patient Interactions
Grade
C03-H
Salary Range
$15.25 - $20.56 / Hourly The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.
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