Patient Care Associate; Trainee - Medicine Multispecialty Center - CAM

Position Summary

This is a student intern role. Performs select administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a licensed healthcare professional; administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, patient billing, and coding medical information for insurance purposes; clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and providing medical attention as directed by physician or nursing staff.

• Provides clerical and administrative support, including answering phones, setting schedules and meetings, typing documents, filing and back‑up support for others.
• Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean; cleans and sterilizes equipment, instruments, rooms, etc. and appropriately disposes of contaminated supplies.
• Interviews patients via phone or in person to obtain medical information or schedule various activities; creates, updates and coordinates various medical records and files.
• Interacts with patients providing various routine information such as explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets or various pre‑established instructions to patients.
• Collects blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs the specimens and prepares them for testing; may measure patient vital signs, weight and height.
• May perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• May show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Normal office environment.
• Exposure to blood‑borne pathogens.
• Requires protective devices.
• Patient care setting.
• Direct patient care setting.

• Typically sitting at desk or table.
• Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement.
• Occasional lifting (25 lbs or less).

• Office equipment.
• Clinical/diagnostic equipment.
• Simple hand tools.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Basic Life Support certification within one month of hire date.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from American Heart Association.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

• Some college or medical assistant school training.

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$15.25 - $20.56 / Hourly

If you are unable to use our online application system and would like an accommodation, please email Candidate Questions or call 314‑935‑1149 and leave a voicemail with the nature of your request. All qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job.

All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre‑employment screening, including criminal background check, drug screen, education or licensing verification, physical examination, vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time. Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance. Free Metro transit U‑Pass for eligible employees. WashU provides a defined contribution (403(b)) retirement savings plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.

Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity and especially encourages applications by those from underrepresented groups. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

Washington University is dedicated to building a community of individuals who are committed to contributing to an inclusive environment—fostering respect for all and welcoming individuals from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. Individuals with a commitment to these values are encouraged to apply.