Patient Care Associate (Trainee) - Medicine Multispecialty Center - CAM5

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.
• 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.

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.