Patient Care Associate Clinic

Duties:

• Under direct supervision of a licensed Nurse or other professional medical staff in a health care setting performs a variety of clerical and health-related duties associated with patient care; performs related work.

Examples of Typical Tasks:

• Checks vital signs weighs and measures patients obtains specimens and records findings on patients chart.
• Instructs patients on how to obtain specimens for laboratory testing and performs basic specimen screening testing through dipstick and hemoccult.
• Prepares collected specimens for pick-up by labeling and preparing required form(s). Picks-up lab results.
• Performs vision and hearing testing and simple urinalysis.
• Administers emergency first aid including basic life support procedures .
• Performs simple first aid such as dressing changes bandaging and cleansing of wounds irrigation and cleansing of ears.
• Prepares patient for examination and assists medical provider during examination by providing necessary supplies/equipment.
• Prepares examining room for examination including cleaning and sterilizing instruments and equipment.
• Informs patients on proper preparation for various medical testing.
• Conducts interview of client to obtain routine personal and medical information and appropriate health history.
• Maintains completes processes and files patients charts appropriate forms and documents.
• Reports observations of patient to medical staff caring for patient to ensure professional assessment.
• Answers routine inquiries of patients in person or via telephone and makes appropriate referrals.
• Participates in informing patients and their families of health care services and achieving healthful safe living.
• Maintains inventory of the units equipment stock and supplies.
• Works effectively as a team member in the delivery of care and assists in the orientation of new employees.
• Directs and escorts patients to other hospital departments and/or facilities as needed.
• Coordinates efforts of various clinic and facility departments in scheduling and rebooking appointments through manual and/or automated systems and enters pertinent patient information into hospital data systems.
• Obtains blood specimens for laboratory testing by performing venipuncture and/or fingerstick testing.
• Operates electrocardiograph equipment to record electrical wave tracing of the electrical currents of the heart muscle.

Skills:

• 2 years of Med/Surg experience required

Education:

• AHA BLS;
• High school diploma or its educational equivalent;
• Completion of a NYS Department of Health prescribed training program for Phlebotomy satisfactory to the Laboratory Director;
• Completion of a health care setting-based training program in the performance of electrocardiographs

Schedule Notes:

• 9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Hours Per Day:

• 8.00

Hours Per Week

• 40.00

Department:

• GYNECOLOGY

ATD Technology LLC is a certified minority woman owned business that creates opportunities to match qualified individuals with client programs while meeting all parties financial and technical goals. ATD is a full service provider with offerings in Contract Permanent and Temp-to-Perm staffing solutions. We serve Fortune 1000 mid cap and small cap companies in the Commercial Public and Government sectors.