South Shore Health
Clinical Assistant - Phlebotomy
Weymouth, MA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$26k-$101kDetected 8 days ago
EpicPatient CareResearchLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- If you are an existing employee of South Shore Health then please apply through the internal career site.
- Assures compliance with regulatory agency standards.
Responsibilities
- Ensures proper patient identification by verbally and visually confirming patients' two identifiers and maintains patient safety, privacy, confidentiality and follows guidelines under HIPAA.
- Performs phlebotomy and EKG as applicable and is competent in the two-patient identifier practice.
- Manages room assignments in order to maintain patient flow. Ability to strategize the day's workload and make recommendations accordingly.
- Properly cleans and maintains equipment and patient care environment.
- Safely manages hazards of biomedical waste and chemotherapy waste.
- Maintains a working knowledge of current computer systems used in clinical areas.
- Recognizes and responds to emergency situations appropriately. Maintains BLS certification.
Requirements
- Ability to work as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to function in a busy work setting with patients with complex needs.
- Strong analytical skills, written skills, technical skills, problem-solving skills, attention to details, ability to balance multiple tasks.
- Ability to be organized in a fast-paced environment, prioritize and meet pre-determined deadlines.
- May be required to assist with research specific patient data entry, as applicable.
Compensation
- Attends mandatory training and education sessions, completes mandatory annual competency assessments and follows Institute policies.
Benefits
- Obtains and records vital signs, pain screens, weights and heights accurately into the medical record (Epic).
- Reports changes and/or abnormalities in vital signs; findings that are outside of defined parameters; and changes in patient's conditions to the nursing/medical staff in a timely manner.
- Transports patients, medical records, specimens, blood components, equipment and supplies in accordance with Institute policy.
- Assures that all clinical areas have an adequate stock of medical supplies, equipment, and forms.
- Assist with medical record preparation.
- Minimum Education - Preferred
- Completion of an accredited clinical assistant program or medical assistant program strongly preferred.
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