Ambulatory Tech 1
About The Position
Under general direction from Nursing Leadership, the Ambulatory Tech 1 assists providers during examinations and performs clinical, technical, procedural, and information-systems tasks supporting patient care in outpatient clinics. The role supports patient comfort, care, and safety and helps ensure efficient clinic operations. The position includes escorting patients, obtaining vital signs, performing ordered diagnostic testing and specimen collection, documenting care in the electronic medical record, and helping maintain clinical supplies and equipment. It may also include assisting providers with surgical procedures, preparing rooms and sterile fields, handling instruments and specimens, dressing wounds, and reviewing provider-prepared discharge instructions. The role applies infection-prevention protocols and may precept new employees under RN oversight. This is a regular, full-time position scheduled for 40 hours per week on the UR day shift in Batavia, New York. The compensation range is $19.15–$25.85; individual pay is determined using factors including market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise, and internal equity.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- One year of experience in a customer-focused or service setting.
- Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
Nice To Haves
- Associate's degree preferred.
- Knowledge of medical terminology and procedures preferred.
- Computer experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist providers during examinations, applying clinical knowledge and anticipating provider needs based on patient complexity.
- Attach patients to diagnostic and medical equipment, including dynamapp, pulse oximeter, EKG, cardiac monitor, and pneumatic tourniquet.
- Explain next steps, systems, and status to patients; provide comfort and care during examinations; and give patients provider-preprinted discharge instructions.
- Ensure exam rooms have the correct types and quantities of supplies and equipment, including items needed for provider preferences.
- Promote efficient room utilization and minimize patient wait times.
- Escort patients from waiting areas to exam areas, obtain vital signs, perform diagnostic tests and collect specimens as ordered.
- Label, log, and process specimens according to protocol and laboratory policies.
- Enter patient data, condition, and care provided into the electronic medical record; perform assigned administrative duties, which may include scheduling and registration.
- Maintain clinical equipment and medical supply levels by reordering, stocking, cleaning, conducting and rotating inventory, monitoring expiration dates, requisitioning supplies, reconciling deliveries, and tracking utilization.
- Recommend opportunities to reduce equipment and supply costs and resolve product back-order issues with the purchasing department.
- Implement standard infection-prevention measures, monitor practices for breaches, and suggest or initiate corrections.
- Precept new employees under RN oversight by explaining area requirements and ensuring competence in area practices.
- When assisting with surgical procedures, prepare the room, instruments, and sterile fields; provide basic procedure instructions; anticipate provider needs; obtain additional instruments; prepare and label specimens; dress wounds; check and calibrate equipment; sterilize instruments; verify requisitions and specimen logs; and review provider-prepared discharge instructions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
