"Patient Care Associate (Trainee) - Orthopedic Surgery"

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.

Required Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.

Certifications/Professional Licenses: The list below may include all acceptable certifications, professional licenses and issuers. More than one credential, certification or professional license 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

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