Patient Care Associate I - Entry‑Level Clinical Support

Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 48,050,688 - 65,044,761; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and holidays

Health insurance

Metro U-Pass

Retirement plan

Job summary

Washington University in St. Louis in St. Louis, MO is seeking an entry-level Administrative Assistant with clinical duties to support licensed healthcare professionals.

The role includes scheduling, medical records maintenance, patient billing, and clerical tasks under supervision. Responsibilities include preparing treatment rooms, collecting specimens, basic lab work, and assisting with patient communications.

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date
• Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).

Responsibilities

• Provides clerical and administrative support, including answering phones, setting schedules and meetings, typing documents, filing and back-up support for others.
• Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean; cleans and sterilizes equipment, instruments, rooms, etc.and appropriately disposes of contaminated supplies.
• Interviews patients via phone or in person to obtain medical information or schedule various activities; creates, updates and coordinates various medical records and files.
• Interacts with patients providing various routine information such as explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets or various pre-established instructions to patients.
• Collects blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs the specimens and prepares them for testing; may measure patient vital signs, weight and height.
• May perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• May show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.

Skills

File Maintenance

Healthcare Environments

Interpersonal Communication

Medical Terminology

Microsoft Office

Office Administration

Office Procedures

Oral Communications

Patient Communications

Stenography

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Washington University in St. Louis in St. Louis, MO is seeking an entry-level Administrative Assistant with clinical duties to support licensed healthcare professionals.

The role includes scheduling, medical records maintenance, patient billing, and clerical tasks under supervision. Responsibilities include preparing treatment rooms, collecting specimens, basic lab work, and assisting with patient communications.