Clinical Assistant - GI

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Nursing Support

Job Posting Description

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.
• Position will be Boston based with potential for coverage of our Worcester and Waltham practices. Mileage reimbursement will be provided.
• Working 40 hours per week: 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.

 
Minimum qualifications:

Education:
HS diploma or equivalent.
Experience:
1 year of Clinical Assistant experience preferred.
Pediatrics experience 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.

 

Office/Site Location

Boston

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Onsite Only

Pay Range

$17.65-$24.27 Hourly