Ambulatory Tech 1 PART TIME

University of Rochester

2d•$19 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

Under general direction from Nursing Leadership, the Ambulatory Tech 1 assists providers during examinations and performs clinical tasks in support of patient care in outpatient clinics. The work includes technical, procedural, and information-system tasks that affect patient comfort, care, and safety. The position is part-time, with 17.5 scheduled hours per week, and is a day-shift role at the University of Rochester’s Neurology-Ambulatory Nursing department in Rochester, New York. The Ambulatory Tech 1 supports examinations and procedures, prepares and maintains rooms, equipment, and supplies, obtains vital signs, performs diagnostic testing and specimen collection as ordered, and records patient information in the electronic medical record. The role also includes patient assistance and instruction, inventory and supply management, infection-prevention practices, and may include administrative tasks and precepting new employees under RN oversight.

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.
Knowledge of medical terminology, procedures, and computers is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree preferred.
Knowledge of medical terminology, procedures, and computers preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist providers during examinations, applying clinical knowledge, anticipating provider needs, and adapting to 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 and provide comfort and care during examinations.
Ensure supplies and equipment are available, appropriately stocked, and ready for safe and smooth clinic operations.
Provide patients with the provider’s pre-printed discharge instructions.
Maintain adequate supplies in exam rooms and accommodate individual provider preferences.
Promote efficient room utilization and minimize patient wait times.
Escort patients from waiting areas to examination areas and obtain vital signs.
Perform diagnostic testing and specimen collection as ordered by providers; accurately label, log, and process specimens according to protocol and laboratory policies.
Enter patient data, condition, and care provided into the electronic medical record system.
Perform administrative duties as assigned, which may include scheduling and registration.
Maintain clinical equipment and medical supply levels by reordering, stocking, cleaning, conducting inventory, rotating stock, monitoring expiration dates, requisitioning supplies, reconciling deliveries, and tracking utilization.
Recommend opportunities to reduce equipment and supply costs and resolve purchasing issues involving back-ordered products.
Follow standard infection-prevention measures, including hand hygiene and contact/isolation precautions; monitor practices and suggest or initiate corrections when needed.
With RN oversight, precept new employees by reviewing area requirements and ensuring competence in area practices.
May assist providers with patient processes as a surgical procedure assistant, including preparing rooms and instruments, instructing patients, anticipating provider needs, preparing and labeling specimens, dressing wounds, checking and calibrating equipment, setting up sterile fields, preparing instrument trays, sterilizing instruments, verifying requisitions, and reviewing provider-prepared discharge instructions.
Perform other duties as assigned.