What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Assistant position at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System?
SPPA-Vascular North Brunswick
The Clinical Assistant will:
The Clinical Assistant will:
- Complete required clinical duties when patient is seen at time of visit.
- Set up and assists as necessary with procedures and coordinates any special testing or procedures.
- Track patient results in accordance with the practice criteria.
- Be knowledgeable of emergency procedures. Verbalize knowledge of location and use of emergency equipment and able to demonstrate procedures to assure patient safety in emergent situations and disaster plan.
- Ensures smooth flow of Department by maintaining orderliness.
- Provide for patient safety.
- Report all necessary information and/or unusual occurrences in accordance with documented policy and procedure.
- Participate in Quality Assurance activities, including implementation of changes based on QA or nationally recognized recommendations.
- Assist with front desk duties prepares charts, file, answers phones, make appointments when clinical duties are complete, or when asked by manager.
- Develop and maintains good human relations skills.
- Transport medications, blood products, specimen and urine samples to and from the Pharmacy, Blood Bank, Lab and Infusion Center.
- Properly prepare the waste for Stericycle pickup.
- Order food for patients in Cater track and orders medical supplies in McKesson.
- Log all temperatures for the blanket warmer and medication refrigerator and reports all discrepancies to the manager.
- Keep the patient area sanitized by cleaning the IV pumps and chairs between patients.
- Assist the nurses with the overall care of the patients.
- Medical terminology and data entry experience.
- Successful completion of Nursing Assistant training or Certified Medical Assistant training.
