About This Role
This Clinical Assistant role provides essential support to healthcare professionals, focusing on initial provider intake and collaborating within a care team to ensure efficient clinic operations. The position suits a compassionate individual eager to learn about the patient population and passionate about helping others.
Responsibilities
- Assist providers in seeing patients
- Gather and record primary information and medical histories
- Prepare patients for examination
- Initiate toxicology screens
- Prepare equipment for procedures
- Record information in electronic medical records (EMR) database or paper chart
- Gather all essential components from consents, medications, and history
- Complete necessary paperwork as ordered by provider, including printing prescriptions, work restrictions, referrals, and scheduling MRIs
- Participate in the correct scheduling of patients
- Communicate appropriately with the scheduling department by tasking
- Assist in pre/post clinic procedures by preparing the patient for the procedure
- Correctly identify patient, procedure to be performed, and procedure site
- Update and confirm medication and allergy profiles
- Complete appropriate clinical lab work (glucose reading, INR, pregnancy test, toxicology screen as indicated)
- Complete and document vital signs, pain status, HPI
- Reinforce pre and post-op teaching
- Obtain and document vitals, past medical history and problem list
- Assist in discharge of patient with appropriate paperwork
- Assist in keeping the clinic orderly and follow appropriate cleaning protocols
- Participate in and maintain the safety and dignity of patients at all times
- Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, and physicians' instructions to patients
- Update documentation for provider recording patient information as dictated, when requested
- Assist in maintaining and operating specialized equipment
- Perform other duties as assigned to support the mission, values, and strategies of Nura
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Previous relevant experience preferred
- Strong organizational, judgment, communication and analytical skills; sometimes under pressure
- Ability to multi-task and perform multiple priorities
- Cooperative and professional behavior toward patients, peers, providers, management and visitors
- Ability to promote favorable facility image with patients, providers, insurance companies and general public
- Ability to work independently, make decisions, and solve problems
