Patient Care Associate I (Temporary/PRN) - Medicine Multispecialty Center - South County Center for Advanced Medicine
Washington University in St. LouisAbout the role
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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:
Work Experience:
Skills:
Driver's License:
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:
Medical assistant school training or some college.
Preferred Qualifications
Education:
No additional education beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.
Certifications:
Work Experience:
Skills:
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