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Clinical Support Assistant
US-OR-Tualatin
Job ID: 2024-29799
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Hospital/Clinic Support
Tualatin, OR
Overview
Clerical Support
- Able to assist and perform all clerical duties as required to maintain clinic flow and operations, including, but not limited to;
- Process incoming/outgoing faxes (labeling, records requests, upload refill requests, etc.)
- Scanning
- Process InBasket – not triage related (records requests, labs, imaging, message routing, etc.)
- Patient paperwork management (questionnaires, FMLA, provider signatures, no-show letters, etc.)
- Track and stock patient paperwork and brochures
- Process incoming/outgoing mail
- Use of Microsoft Office - Outlook
- General high level clerical and project support
- Document legibly, concisely and accurately
Clinical Support
- Assists in admission process by recording patient’s name, address, phone number, age, and other personal information
- Takes and records vital signs such as blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate, and temperature
- Basic rooming to include only vitals, including social history, pain (no med reconciliation, allergies)
- No medication related activities allowed (reconciliation, administration, preparation)
- Makes appointment for patient or refers patient to medical staff for immediate examination or treatment
- Transports patient to examination or treatment room with use of wheelchair or gurney or assists patient to walk; assists patient in undressing
- Assists providers during procedures with treatment or examination by passing instruments, holding patient in proper position but not able to perform independent clinical functions such as dressing removal/application, suture/staple removal, apply topical medications, etc.
- Assists in workflow coordination of daily operations between front desk and back office to ensure patient and provider flow is efficient, such as by continuous monitoring of providers schedules to assure timeliness, identifying barriers to patient flow
- Communicates with front and back office throughout the day regarding patient and provider continuous flow, participating with patient scheduling, room turnover, inventory management, and other clinical tasks as required to maintain patient and provider flow
- Can accept a patient sample for point of care or lab resulting and add a patient label, then handoff to MA for Epic workflow of releasing lab order and labeling with Epic label
- Technical support (MyChart, Epic, office equipment, etc.)
- Attends staff meetings/huddles
- Inventory management including equipment—notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning and repair of equipment is needed
- Instrument processing pick up/drop off
- Check expiration dates for medications/supplies
- Turn over rooms/cleaning/stocking
- Maintains knowledge of life safety, patient safety, fire and electrical safety and disaster plan
- Sentact duties/compliance
- Sets/resets infusion suite (e.g. sets chairs, makes coffee, stock pillows/blankets, clean pumps, wipe down surfaces, etc.)
- Pick up blood product from blood bank
Patient Experience
- Monitors patient flow
- Updates patient on delays
- Provides excellent customer service
- Addresses in-the-moment patient needs as directed
- Maintains clean, safe, and orderly environment for patients, family, and clinical personnel
- Ensure comfort care for patients during treatments (e.g. offering snacks, pillows, refreshments, escalating any care concerns to clinical team or leadership, etc.)
Professional Development
- Attends education classes appropriate to job development
- Uses consistent, professional communication with team members
- Flexible coverage of internal service needs, and the continuous application of process improvement methods and skills
- Receptive to feedback and coaching
- Successfully completes the required initial training and core competency assessment before or during the trial service period
- Maintains core competencies, and demonstrates continuous application of these skills throughout the period of employment
- Completes all required modules and updates
Responsibilities
- High school diploma or equivalent, AND
- One year of experience with high volume contact with the public; OR 6 months of medical office experience, with high volume contact with patients.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Excellent telephone communication skills.
- Extensive computer skills including MS Office and Windows required.
- Excellent customer service skills, and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment required.
- Must be detail oriented and have good organizational skills.
- Must be able to demonstrate excellent customer service skills
- Must have good grammar skills.
- Must have a demonstrable record of reliable attendance, punctuality, and proven successful performance at past and present employers.
- Must be able to work both with a team and independently.
- BLS/CPR within six weeks of hire and then maintained without interruption.
- Ability to perform the job duties with or without accommodation.
Qualifications
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