Clinical Assistant -Medical Oncology -Full Time

Guthrie Enterprise•Cortland, NY

About The Position

The Clinical Assistant supports office operations and patient care in a Medical Oncology setting. Duties include reception, patient interaction and scheduling, collecting vital signs, performing venipuncture for laboratory work, maintaining patient charts, assigning ICD-10 codes, and coordinating reimbursement programs and preauthorizations for medications, testing, and treatments. The role also supports providers, nurses, and other cancer center staff and helps maintain supplies and equipment in patient areas. Candidates should have graduated from an approved clinical or medical assisting program, or have a high school diploma with prior clinical assistance experience. Basic Life Support is encouraged but not required. Prior clinical assistant experience is preferred, as is patient-care experience in or outside an office setting. The pay range is $17.40–$25.66 per hour.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved clinical or medical assisting program, or a high school diploma with prior clinical assistance experience.
Prior clinical assistant experience is preferred, or experience with patient care in or outside an office setting.
Basic Life Support is encouraged but not required.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a clinical assistant.
Patient-care experience in or outside an office setting.
Basic Life Support.

Responsibilities

Support providers, nurses, and other cancer center staff with patient care.
Direct patients to and from examination rooms and prepare them for provider examinations and follow-up infusion as required.
Obtain and document patient vital signs, heights, and weights in the correct charts.
Perform routine phlebotomy for patients scheduled for lab work.
Obtain laboratory results and promptly deliver them to the ordering provider.
Follow good infection-control practices.
Maintain patient charts and ensure documentation is complete.
Help answer patient telephone calls, direct calls as needed, and document calls and interventions in patient charts.
Maintain appropriate supplies, equipment, and linen in patient examination rooms.
Stock examination rooms and the medication room with supplies and distribute laundry daily to examination rooms and the changing area.
Obtain required preauthorization for medications, procedures, and testing before their scheduled dates.
Perform other duties as assigned.