Department Assistant PD-Lab

Pacific Diagnostic seeks a Department Assistant for their Core Clinical Lab department responsible for providing routine and supervised administrative support to a department and/or supervisor, following pre-defined processes and systems. Major accountabilities include:

 

• Provides administrative support, which may include one or more of the following: 

- Enters data into a database. 

- Tracks and makes phone calls pre- and post-operatively for patients. 

- Encourages and assists patients to sign up for My-chart. 

- Documents phone calls and responses.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently. 

Education:

• Preferred: Some medical training, vocabulary.

Technical Requirements:

• Minimum: Advanced filing skills, basic Microsoft Word and Excel skills, and 35 wpm keyboarding/typing speed.
• Preferred: Able to manage reports in EMR for tracking workflow.

Years of Related Work Experience:

• Preferred: Preferred work with or knowledge of basic medical conditions. Preferred bilingual, Spanish and English.

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.
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