Job Description Summary
Assists in examination and treatment of patients under direction of supervisor, Physician or Advanced Practice Provider by performing the following duties.
How will you make an impact & Requirements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Create a patient-centered work environment where everyone is accountable to a superior patient experience, participate in improvement activities and ensure service recovery
- Perform patient rooming; to include interview patients, complete med reconciliation, take/measure vital signs; such as pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, weight and height
- Drape patients with covering and position instruments/equipment
- Operate electrocardiograph (EKG) and may perform other tests when trained
- Collect routine laboratory specimens as directed by the physician, administer basic first aid, assist with or perform aseptic procedures
- Prepare treatment rooms for examination of patients; use safe and appropriate infection control processes and hand hygiene protocols
- Monitor stock levels and replenish medical supplies and materials in exam rooms
- Record information in patients' electronic record with no errors
- Keep charts prepared and ready for physician and patient
- Take phone and portal messages from patients with appropriate information for provider and return messages under supervision/direction of provider
- Communicate with patients any information supplied by provider to include test/lab results
- Schedule appointments, perform secretarial tasks and complete forms appropriately
- Maintain a high level of confidentiality and is flexible to schedule changes
- Provide exemplary patient experience for all patients
- Adhere to organizations Standards of Behavior/Code of Conduct
- May perform administrative duties at the direction of practice leadership
- Other duties may be assigned