Clinic Assistant - Physical Therapy - Lennar Foundation Medical Center

Overview

The Department of Physical Therapy at the Lennar Foundation Medical Center is currently seeking a full-time Clinic Assistant to work in Coral Gables. The Clinic Assistant performs a variety of clerical duties associated with patient care unit operations. The incumbent handles administrative duties, including filing records, scheduling lab work and hospital admissions, making follow-up calls, phoning in prescriptions, and calling to get lab test results.

• Assembles, completes, and processes patients' charts, and keeps patient records accurately identified.
• Transcribes doctors' orders, checks charts for incomplete histories and operative summaries, and brings issues to the attention of the appropriate member of the healthcare team for correction.
• Orders unit supplies to maintain inventory of the unit's equipment stock and supplies.
• Assists with receiving, distributing, and sorting supplies brought to the unit.
• Obtains laboratory and x-ray reports and notifies doctors of results.
• Utilizes IDX RIS/PACS to track patient arrival times and advises front desk personnel of patient delays to maintain daily schedule.
• Greets patients upon arrival and verifies patient information.
• Directs patient to the dressing room and ensures the patient has changed into a gown and removed all metal items from their person.
• Documents all equipment issues and reports to appropriate managing staff.
• Assists in copying completed patient paperwork, delivering originals to front desk for scanning, and distributing copies to appropriate reading rooms.
• Receives telephone calls and responds to inquiries from visitors.
• Reports unusual incidents in a timely manner to appropriate supervisory personnel.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Education:
High school diploma or equivalent

Experience:
Minimum 6 months of relevant experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work under pressure while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to process and handle confidential information with discretion.
• Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends as necessary.
• Commitment to the University's core values.
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment.

Department Specific Functions

• Assists the physical and occupational therapists with treatment procedures as directed.
• Communicate with departmental team, nursing and physician staff as needed and as directed by therapists.
• Participate in quality and safety improvement activities.
• Correctly sets up, prepares and administers modalities for patient treatment as directed and supervised by therapists.
• Correctly and courteously positions patients for treatment as directed by therapists.
• Follows designated instructions on safety procedures and precautions when assisting with patient treatment.
• Verbally report significant information or changes in a patients' condition to the appropriate therapist immediately.
• Maintain a safe and clean work area in the clinic.
• Maintain appropriate equipment logs (ie, temperature for hydrocollator, freezer, etc.).
• Maintain appropriate water levels in the hydrocollator daily.
• Stock linen and prepare treatment areas between patients throughout the day.
• Clean treatment tables, mats, exercise equipment, thermal modalities, etc., so that there is no accumulation of dust, dirt or debris.
• Punctual attendance for all scheduled shifts.
• Requests for time off are made one month in advance.
• Documents all equipment issues and reports to appropriate managing staff.
• Reports unusual incidents in a timely manner to appropriate supervisory personnel.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

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