POSITION SUMMARY:
Under general supervision in an outpatient pediatric clinical setting, working directly with children from infancy through adolescence providing initial patient triage, assisting with examinations, treatments, registration and administrative support ensuring a positive, supportive environment for both young patients and their families procedures of a routine nature, as dictated by established clinical protocol.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Collect health history and vital sign data and enter into electronic patient record accurately, thoroughly and in a timely manner.
- Maintain accurate documentation data in electronic patient record.
- Obtain pertinent labs, x-rays, other tests as needed by the provider to assist with patient care with promptness.
- Ensure patients’ charts completeness inclusion of previous office visit- dictation and labs, Dexa results with assistance from medical records.
- Assist with the “check in” process of I 131 patients by making sure the proper correspondence has been signed and noted in patient’s chart. Also ensures correspondence is noted in the “I-131 Logbooks” that includes the name of the patient and dose.
- Scans exam room with scintillation probe to ensure it’s free of radiation.
- Direct patient flow in accordance with provider schedules / pt appointments.
- Monitor the patients’ wait time and communicate this to supervisor in a timely manner.
- Maintain a well-organized work area.
- Maintain assigned examination rooms, to include apportioning supplies and surface cleaning.
- Assist with processing of laboratory reports, to include clarifying lab orders made by the provider and forwarding results to patients in a timely fashion.
- Assist the medical provider with fax communications to other providers /facilities.
- At the direction of the provider, assist in the provision of sample medication or prescriptions and the documentation of such.
- Teach/Demonstrate proper use of selected glucometer devices to patients and their families at provider request.
- Perform EKG testing in timely and accurate manner.
- Assist provider with Thyroid Biopsies, to include setting up of supplies, shipment of specimens and append the proper correspondence.
- Order supplies for Thyroid biopsies to include alcohol filled specimen containers, slides, plastic slide transport containers, Pathology requisition slips and biohazard bags.
- Assist provider with entering patient’s data into Thyroid sonogram machine.
- Collect Specimens for laboratory tests.
- Give vaccinations and draw blood.
- Complete job functions within time allotted (i.e. 8-hour shift).
- Other duties as assigned.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
A.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to collect standard vital signs
- Ability to communicate in a courteous manner, friendly tone and intelligible speech always
- Possess basic customer service skills and phone etiquette
- Possess basic typing/windows computers skills
- Basic understanding of medical terminology
- Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Medical Assistant Certification
- 1-2 years’ experience in pediatric setting preferrred
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