Clinical Assistant

Great Salt Plains Health Center; Enid (OK); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Salt Plains Health Center in Enid, OK is seeking a Clinical Assistant to join the interdisciplinary medical team. You will screen and refer calls, interact with patients, and provide clerical and staff support to the unit.

You will work between the front desk and nurses, assist with triage, document for providers, and help maintain equipment and lab procedures. CPR certification and LMS training are required.

Qualifications

• High School graduate.
• On-the-job training; previous experience preferred.
• Personal maturity, cooperation, ability to communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Screen and refer phone calls and communicate with patients.
• Obtain routine vitals and screen visual acuity.
• Document adequately for the provider.
• Assist with laboratory and office procedures.
• Triage clients with RN/Staff Nurse and transfer charts.
• Maintain medical and laboratory equipment and assist with quality controls.
• Perform routine laboratory procedures (dipsticks, urinalysis, HbA1c, glucose screening, gram stains).
• Prepare visits, participate in care team huddles, schedule follow-ups.
• Provide 30-second reports to providers, assist with sheep/sheppard method and midway knocks.
• Maintain provider schedule and adjust visits as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Clinical Lead and Practice Administrator.
• Maintain CPR license and participate in LMS training.

Skills

Clear communication

Cooperation

Personal maturity

Education

High School diploma

Job description

The Clinical Assistant is a member of the interdisciplinary medical team of the health center. The Clinical Assistant screens and refers phone calls, communicates and interacts with patients, provides clerical and staff support to the unit and is a liaison between the front desk staff and with the nurses in the provision of care.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High School graduate
• On-the-job training, previous experience preferred
• Personal maturity, cooperation, ability to communicate clearly

SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

• Obtains routine temperature, pulse, respiration, height and weight as well as blood pressure readings at first encounter. Screens clients for visual acuity using Snellen method.
• Performs adequate documentation for the provider.
• Assists with laboratory procedures
• Assists with office procedures.
• Responsible for assisting with Registered Nurse/Staff Nurse with triage of clients and transfer of charts to appropriate provider.
• Responsible for assisting with maintenance of medical and laboratory equipment and for assisting with quality controls on laboratory equipment.
• Responsible for routine laboratory procedures including but not limited to: various dipsticks, urinalysis, hemoglobin A1c, glucose screening, gram stains, and procedures as approved by GSPHC policies and CLIA standards.
• Responsible for performing visit prep for all patients, participating in care team huddles, and checking out patients and scheduling follow up visits.
• Assists providers during clinical visits by giving them 30 sec reports in between patients, performing the sheep/sheppard method, and midway knocks.
• Maintains provider’s schedule by participating in a simplified schedule and jockeying/scrubbing patient visits.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein, or as assigned by the Clinical Lead and Practice Administrator.
• Maintains a current CPR license, participates in educational training offered at GSPHC; including online LMS platforms.