Patient Care Associate (Trainee) - Medicine Multispecialty Center - CAM13

About the role

This is a student intern role. Performs select administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a licensed healthcare professional.

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.
• Collections blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs the specimens and prepares them for testing; may measure patient vital signs, weight and height.
• Performs routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Shows patients to examination rooms and prepares 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.

Education

• Required Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Some college or medical assistant school training.

Work Experience

No specific work experience is required for this position.

Skills

File Maintenance, Healthcare Environments, Interpersonal Communication, Medical Terminology, Microsoft Office, Office Administration, Office Procedures, Oral Communications, Patient Interactions

Pay

$15.25 - $21.33 / Hourly

Schedule

Normal office hours.