Compassionate Patient Care Technician

Patel HealthCare LLC; Linden (NJ); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical assistant position in a medical practice in Linden, New Jersey, responsible for rendering professional clinical care under physicians and the practice manager. Responsibilities include taking patient histories, recording vital signs, assisting with examinations, preparing exam rooms, and triage according to clinic protocols.

Role requires accurate charting, coordinating laboratory reports, and handling prescriptions and patient communications with discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and ensure efficient turnover of exam rooms.
• Maintain exam rooms in a neat and clean manner at all times.
• Comply with patient needs at all times.
• Escort patients from waiting room to examination rooms.
• Remove dressings, casts, etc., and provide patients with gowns as necessary.
• Ensure patient charts contain all pertinent information and are placed in designated areas for Physicians’ use.
• Alert Physicians of patients’ allergies prior to beginning exams.
• Assist Physicians with injections, dressing, and/or other procedures as necessary.
• Monitor supply levels, and replace as needed.
• Apply knowledge of sterile techniques and OSHA regulations.

Job description

Medical assistant position in a medical practice in Linden, New Jersey, responsible for rendering professional clinical care under physicians and the practice manager. Responsibilities include taking patient histories, recording vital signs, assisting with examinations, preparing exam rooms, and triage according to clinic protocols.

Role requires accurate charting, coordinating laboratory reports, and handling prescriptions and patient communications with discretion and confidentiality.