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About the Role

Provide assistance to licensed medical providers in clinic and surgical settings. Deliver safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, and individualized patient care.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a patient advocate during exams and treatments.
• Interview patients for medical information, vital signs, weight, and height.
• Escort patients to examination, procedure, or operative rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Record patient medical history, medications, allergies, vital statistics, and test results in medical records.
• Obtain proper consent forms before patient treatment preparation.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician, following safety protocols and noting expiration dates.
• Collect, log, and prepare blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens for testing.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, wound care, and physician instructions to patients.
• Assist physicians with patient examinations and treatments, including handing instruments, giving injections, and removing sutures.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies under Provider direction.
• Prepare and maintain cleanliness of treatment rooms for patient examinations.
• Inspect sterile items, open them, and organize supplies on the sterile field.
• Assist physicians with surgical procedures while maintaining a sterile field.
• Assess patient condition during exams, procedures, or surgery, notifying the physician and RN of distress.
• Clean rooms and medical equipment between patients and at day's end.
• Dispose of infectious waste and biohazard materials correctly.
• Schedule patient appointments.
• Change wound dressings.
• Greet patients upon arrival at the office or clinic.
• Contact medical facilities to schedule patient tests and/or admissions.
• Inventory, assess, and stock instruments, supplies, and equipment in rooms.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Accurately document all procedures in a timely manner.
• Respond to emergency situations based on nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocol, with knowledge of equipment and supplies.
• Assist physicians in patient, employee, or visitor medical emergencies and ensure proper documentation.
• Inventory and order medical emergency supplies monthly, ensuring equipment is in working order.
• Adhere to all policies and procedures, supporting high quality and customer service.
• Perform other duties as necessary or in the organization's best interest.

Requirements

• One (1)+ year experience in a medical setting (preferred).
• Thorough knowledge of medical terminology (required).
• Knowledge of sterile technique, anatomy, and medications.
• Detail-oriented, professional attitude, and reliable.
• Management and organizational skills.
• Ability to follow or provide verbal and written instructions with sufficient grammar and spelling.
• Interpersonal skills for customer service, functional, and team support.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Mathematical and/or analytical ability for basic to intermediate problem solving.
• Basic to intermediate computer operation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Specialty knowledge of systems relating to job function.
• Knowledge of state and federal regulations for this position.
• General understanding of HIPAA guidelines.

Skills

• Medical terminology
• Sterile technique
• Anatomy
• Medications
• Detail-oriented
• Professional attitude
• Reliability
• Management
• Organization
• Verbal instruction
• Written instruction
• Grammar
• Spelling
• Interpersonal communication
• Customer service
• English communication (verbal and written)
• Mathematical analysis
• Analytical problem solving
• Computer operation (basic to intermediate)
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Outlook
• System-specific knowledge
• State and federal regulations
• HIPAA guidelines

Location

• Austin, TX 78748

Work Type

• Full Time

Experience Level

• One (1)+ year experience in a medical setting (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $18.00 Hourly