CARE TECH - DIABETES REHAB (FT DAYS)

Riverside Healthcare • Bourbonnais, IL

9d • $18 - $21

About The Position

Riverside Healthcare is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Care Tech to join our physician office team. The Care Tech will support the clinical staff in providing high-quality patient care in an outpatient setting, ensuring efficient operation of the physician office and enhancing patient experience while demonstrating flexibility with assignments within professional scope/duties/licensure.
Essential Duties
Clinical Support:
Administer subcutaneous injections as requested by the provider, following all applicable protocols.
Perform venipunctures and non-blood specimen collection, ensuring proper labeling, form completion, and timely transport to laboratories as applicable.
Assist providers and nurses with medical procedures, ensuring patient comfort and safety.
Conduct pulmonary function tests, electrocardiograms (EKGs), pulse oximetry, and nebulizer treatments as instructed by the provider as applicable.
Collect and document clinical data accurately in all applicable EMRs, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines, health maintenance protocols, and quality measures.
Follow up on lab work, referrals, consultations, and other testing as directed by the provider.
Reconcile patient immunization records in the EMR, including ICARE records, ensuring accuracy.
Maintain Point of Care Testing (POCT) competencies and perform quality control for waived testing.
Adhere to AIDET format and standards.
Non-essential Duties
Answer phone calls and handle patient inquiries.
Assist in maintaining patient records and files.
Perform other administrative tasks as needed.
Participate in office meetings and training sessions
This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.
Our Commitment to You:
Riverside Healthcare offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and nationally rated employee well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more so your journey at and away from work is remarkable. Our Total Rewards package includes:
Compensation
Base compensation within the positions pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
Premium pay such as shift differential, on-call
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Benefits - .5 to 1.0 FTE
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program
Benefits - .001 to .49 FTE:
Paid Leave Hours accrued as you work
Employee Health Requirements
Exposure/Sensory Requirements:
Exposure to:
Chemicals: Bleach, alcohol, peroxide, and liquid nitrogen.
Video Display Terminals: Average
Blood and Body Fluids: Some potential due to vomit, diarrhea, blood and other body fluids, but the use of Universal Precautions and protection reduces risk.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: Exposure to patients.
Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Required Needed for presentations/training, telephone communications, facilitate meetings
Vision Needed to read memos and literature, computer entry
Smell: Needed for electrical/fire safety
Hearing: Needed for telephone communication, meetings, and listening to employee concerns
Touch: Needed to write, computer entry, and filing
Activity/Lifting Requirements
Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit:78%
Twist: 0%
Stand: 5%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 15%
Kneel:1%
Lift:1%
Drive:1%
Squat:0%
Climb:0%
Bend:0%
Reach above shoulders:0%
The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
Up to 20 lbs :Occasionally
Up to 35 lbs: Not Required
Up to 50 lbs: Not Required
Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
Over 100 lbs: Not Required
Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.): Carry charts from file cabinets to exam room or desk; stock rooms with supplies, carry supplies from med room to patient room. Place supplies in cabinets, move chairs and boxes. Put babies on scale, walk from room to scale in hall, then back to room.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 180
Twist: 0
Stand:15
Crawl: 0
Walk:10
Kneel:0
Lift:2
Drive: 5
Squat:0
Climb:0
Bend:0
Reach above shoulders: 1
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal weight:5-10 pounds frequent
Pushing &pulling Normal weight:50 pounds
Fine Manipulation: Computer entry, phone, dialing, writing, using calculator
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: None
Environmental Factors & Special Hazards
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
Inside hours: 8
Outside hours : 0
Temperature: Normal Range
Lighting: Average
Noise levels: Average
Humidity: Normal Range
Special Hazards:
Protective Clothing Required: Gloves when handling blood and body fluids.

Requirements

• None
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Previous clinical experience is preferred, including the ability to take vital signs, perform phlebotomy, EKG, and administer injections.
• Knowledge of medical terminology is preferred.
• Knowledge of insurance and authorization processes is helpful.
• CPR certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Administer subcutaneous injections as requested by the provider, following all applicable protocols.
• Perform venipunctures and non-blood specimen collection, ensuring proper labeling, form completion, and timely transport to laboratories as applicable.
• Assist providers and nurses with medical procedures, ensuring patient comfort and safety.
• Conduct pulmonary function tests, electrocardiograms (EKGs), pulse oximetry, and nebulizer treatments as instructed by the provider as applicable.
• Collect and document clinical data accurately in all applicable EMRs, ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines, health maintenance protocols, and quality measures.
• Follow up on lab work, referrals, consultations, and other testing as directed by the provider.
• Reconcile patient immunization records in the EMR, including ICARE records, ensuring accuracy.
• Maintain Point of Care Testing (POCT) competencies and perform quality control for waived testing.
• Adhere to AIDET format and standards.
• Answer phone calls and handle patient inquiries.
• Assist in maintaining patient records and files.
• Perform other administrative tasks as needed.
• Participate in office meetings and training sessions

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program
• Paid Leave Hours accrued as you work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees