Clinical Practice Assistant – Medical Infusion

Veterans in Healthcare; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA seeks a Clinical Practice Assistant – Medical Infusion to join a small infusion team. The role blends hands-on patient support with scheduling and front-desk responsibilities, welcoming patients, recording weights and vital signs, and assisting nurses on the infusion unit.

This part-time, 24-hour-per-week position requires a school diploma or GED and provides opportunities to grow in patient care, coordination of visits, and confidentiality,

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Basic familiarity with computers; ability to navigate web-based applications.
• MA, EMT, CNA, LNA certificate or diploma; or 5 months direct patient care experience in clinical/research settings.

Responsibilities

• Welcome patients and assist with check-in.
• Escort patients to the infusion area.
• Obtain and document weights and vital signs.
• Remove IVs as directed by the nursing team.
• Assist with patient transfers when needed.
• Communicate patient needs to nurses.
• Schedule appointments, diagnostics, and lab testing.
• Register patients and verify demographic/insurance information.
• Collect co-payments and support billing documentation.
• Coordinate referrals, prior authorizations, and pre-certifications.
• Prepare schedules, patient charts, and other documents.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and professional communication.

Skills

Basic computer skills

Web-based applications navigation

Patient care experience

Education

High School diploma or GED

MA, EMT, CNA, LNA certificate or diploma or 5 months direct patient care experience

Job description

Clinical Practice Assistant – Medical Infusion

Boston, MA

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Part-time
• Day

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Summary: Provides patient services including greeting, check-in, scheduling and medical assisting while delivering excellent service and contributing to the smooth flow of practice operations. Reports to the manager with input from assigned physicians, nurses or other health care providers.

Location

Boston

Schedule

24 hours per week

• Three 8-hour shifts
• Rotating Saturdays, approximately two per month
• Exact daily hours to be confirmed

About The Role

Join a small, collaborative medical infusion team providing care to adults managing a range of chronic health conditions. As a Clinical Practice Assistant, you will combine hands-on patient support with scheduling and front desk responsibilities. You will welcome patients, obtain weights and vital signs, support nurses on the infusion unit, and help coordinate each patient's visit.

What You’ll Do

• Welcome patients and assist with check-in
• Escort patients to the infusion area
• Obtain and document patient weights and vital signs
• Remove IVs as directed by the nursing team
• Assist with patient transfers when needed
• Communicate patient needs and relevant information to nurses
• Schedule appointments, diagnostic services, and laboratory testing
• Register patients and verify demographic and insurance information
• Collect co-payments and support billing documentation
• Coordinate referrals, prior authorizations, and pre-certifications
• Prepare schedules, patient charts, and other required documents
• Maintain patient confidentiality and communicate professionally by phone and in person

Required Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
• MA, EMT, CNA, LNA certificate or diploma; or at least 5 months of direct patient care experience in a clinical or research setting, such as: experience working as a medical assistant (MA), a patient care technician (PCT) or a clinical nursing assistant (CNA); nursing or medical student with completion of one clinical rotation.

Who You’ll Work With

• Nurses
• Medical assistants
• Pharmacists
• Scheduling and front desk staff

What Success Looks Like

• Warm, professional, and comfortable working directly with patients
• Motivated and committed to learning
• Able to balance clinical and administrative responsibilities
• Organized and attentive to detail
• Comfortable working as part of a close, collaborative team
• Dependable and able to meet the rotating Saturday requirement
• Interested in developing your healthcare skills

Why Join This Team?

Pay Range: $21.00 - $28.26 The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Job details

• Employment: Part-time
• Hours/Week: 24
• Shift: Day
• Category: Clinic Management
• Pay Range: $21.00 - $28.26
• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• Req ID: JR100025

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215

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