Outpatient Clinical Care Assistant - Endocrine Medicine

                    

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Job Title

Outpatient Clinical Care Assistant - Endocrine Medicine

                        

Location

Lakewood

                    

Facility

Lakewood Family Health Center

                     

Department

Cleveland Clinic Lakewood-Regional Operations

                      

Job Code

G13002

                     

Shift

Variable

                       

Schedule

7:00am-5:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Family Health Center is happy to bring a new generation of healthcare to Lakewood. Our focus is on providing top-quality care, outstanding service, strong educational programs and community investment. Cleveland Clinic provides a dynamic and technologically advanced environment that allows you to discover, learn and grow.

An Outpatient Clinical Care Assistant in this role is familiar with performing health screenings, collecting specimens, updating health records, keeping medical supplies stocked, maintaining examination areas, and monitoring, recording, and communicating patients’ conditions. Outpatient Clinical Care Assistants also perform administrative duties, such as appointment scheduling and patient registration, which offer a unique learning opportunity to expand your skillset. 

A caregiver in this position will provide coverage between 7:00am and 5:00pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide or assist with patient care in an outpatient clinic under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Independent Provider (LIP).  

• Complete the rooming process, including vitals, height, weight, intake questions, documentation and reporting abnormal findings.  

• Collect patient specimens, perform point of care testing and prepare specimens for transport to the lab.  

• Prepare patients for and assist with exams, tests and procedures, such as EKG, Holter monitor application, pulse oximetry, hearing and vision screening, disinfection and sterilization.  

• Administer treatments as directed, including the application of heat or cold, simple sterile dressing changes and applying/removing casts, braces and splints.  

• Review printed instructions with patients.  

• Assist with wound care.  

• Document in the electronic health record.  

• Assist with setting and closing the clinic. 

• Stock supplies and linens.  

• Clean, monitor expiration dates and restock dressing supply carts, check AED units and oxygen tanks, and empty needle boxes using appropriate safety measures.  

• Initiate CPR and other emergency measures. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• High School Diploma/GED 

• Understanding of human anatomy, basic patient care activities and math  

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (within new hire period) 

• One year of recent healthcare experience in a hospital or ambulatory, homecare, assisted living, nursing home or long-term care setting OR additional formal training/education 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Proficiency in the use of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

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