Clinical Assistant (CA) - OBGYN -- FAMILY BIRTH CENTER -- Mon Medical Center Main Campus
About The Position
The Clinical Assistant (CA) in the Family Birth Center provides direct and indirect patient care to support a positive, patient-centered experience from admission through discharge. The role assists medical professionals with patient management and record keeping, completes birth certificates and paternity applications, and performs scheduling, billing, and clerical tasks alongside delegated patient care assignments. The OB Clinical Assistant welcomes and assists families, registers mothers and newborns, and collects patient identification information for billing. Within the role’s scope of practice, the CA takes vital signs, assists with activities of daily living, performs glucose monitoring and urine testing, maintains quality-control testing and logs, and records intake, output, and daily weights for mothers and newborns. Additional duties include answering phones and call bells, preparing and turning over rooms, ordering supplies and equipment, completing newborn hearing screenings, reporting equipment repairs, and assisting with operating-room cleaning and delivery-room setup while maintaining aseptic technique. At discharge, the CA transports patients and reviews proper infant car-seat placement. The role also helps maintain a safe environment, including infant security and camera monitoring.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Demonstrated proficiency with routine patient-care procedures acquired through on-the-job training.
- Must possess current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within the probationary period and renew it every two years.
- Ability to exert up to 100 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and more than 20 pounds constantly.
Nice To Haves
- Computer literacy.
- Familiarity with medical terminology.
Responsibilities
- Welcome and assist Family Birth Center families from admission through discharge.
- Register mothers and newborns and collect patient identification information needed for billing.
- Provide total care within the scope of practice and complete vital signs and activities of daily living.
- Perform assigned glucose monitoring and urine testing, and maintain quality-control testing and logs according to unit policy.
- Obtain and record mother and newborn intake, output, and daily weights.
- Answer telephone calls and call bells.
- Prepare rooms and complete patient room turnover.
- Order office supplies and patient-care equipment.
- Complete newborn hearing screenings.
- Report necessary equipment repairs.
- Assist with operating-room cleaning and delivery-room setup while maintaining aseptic technique.
- Transport discharged patients and review proper placement of the infant car seat.
- Help maintain a safe environment for patients, visitors, and employees, including infant security system and camera monitoring.
- Assist medical professionals with patient management, record keeping, notarization, birth certificate completion, and paternity applications.
- Perform scheduling, billing, and clerical tasks in addition to delegated patient-care assignments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
