Clinical Assistant- Residency Program

Great Salt Plains Health Center • Enid, OK

3d • $14 - $16

About The Position

The Clinical Assistant is a member of the health center’s interdisciplinary medical team and works directly with Resident Physicians in the Family Medicine Residency Program. The role screens and refers phone calls, communicates and interacts with patients, provides clerical and staff support to the unit, and serves as a liaison between front-desk staff and nurses in the provision of care.

The Clinical Assistant supports patient visits and office procedures, assists with triage and documentation, helps maintain medical and laboratory equipment, and contributes to visit preparation, care-team huddles, patient checkout, and follow-up scheduling. The position also helps maintain provider schedules and performs other related duties as assigned by the Clinical Lead and Practice Administrator.

Requirements

• High school graduate.
• On-the-job training; previous experience preferred.
• Personal maturity, cooperation, and ability to communicate clearly.
• Maintain a current CPR license.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience.

Responsibilities

• Obtain routine temperature, pulse, respiration, height, and weight measurements, as well as blood pressure readings at the first encounter.
• Screen clients for visual acuity using the Snellen method.
• Document information for the provider.
• Assist with office procedures.
• Assist the Registered Nurse or Staff Nurse with client triage and transfer charts to the appropriate provider.
• Assist with maintaining medical and laboratory equipment and with quality controls on laboratory equipment.
• Prepare for patient visits, participate in care-team huddles, check out patients, and schedule follow-up visits.
• Assist providers during clinical visits by giving 30-second reports between patients, performing the sheep/sheppard method, and conducting midway knocks.
• Maintain provider schedules by participating in a simplified schedule and jockeying or scrubbing patient visits.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described or as assigned by the Clinical Lead and Practice Administrator.
• Maintain a current CPR license and participate in educational training offered at GSPHC, including online LMS platforms.
• Screen and refer phone calls, communicate with patients, provide clerical and staff support, and liaise between front-desk staff and nurses.

Benefits

• 100% of employee health, dental, and vision premiums paid; 50% of dependent premiums paid.
• 100% of basic life and long-term disability premiums paid.
• Retirement matching.
• Paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED