Health Care Assistant

Health Care Assistant

The purpose of Student Health Services is to provide health care for the student population. This includes acute care, health promotion activities and education, management of stable chronic illness, preventative care such as physical examinations and well woman examinations, vaccinations, contraception and limited diagnostic testing. The Health Care Assistant will function as clerical and clinical support for the Student Health Clinic. The HCA will schedule appointments, triage walk-ins and emergencies, inventory supplies and equipment, file medical records, update patient history and room patients. Other clinical services include phlebotomy, assistance with procedures, performance of CLIA waived testing, measuring vital signs, cleaning and stocking rooms, sterilization of instruments and delegated tasks in the clinic setting.

Primary Duties

• Schedules student appointments, obtains patient history and current complaint, triage of walk-in and emergency appointments, room patients with inclusion of vital signs, clean rooms between visits and at the end of the scheduled day.
• Inventory supplies and equipment, ensuring adequate materials for procedures and routine visits. Sterilization of instruments for procedures. Ensures necessary supplies available for health care services.
• Maintains documentation i.e. pharmaceutical logs, immunization records, control for CLIA waived testing and documentation of services.
• Maintains health care records in the electronic health care system as well as filed charts, scan necessary documents into the EHR and update records in AIS as indicated.
• Coordinates work study schedules to meet the needs of the clinic.
• Accesses data and compiles information for monthly and annual reports.
• Administers and documents results for TB testing, CLIA waived testing such as urinalysis, urine HCG, Rapid strep and Rapid influenza and other tests administered in the student health clinic.

Ancillary Duties

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

All interested candidates must apply through the on-line application system. No other format of application materials will be accepted. Applicants must attach a letter of intent (cover letter); a current resume or CV; an unofficial transcript; and three professional references with contact information to the on-line application. Applications submitted without the required information above will be considered incomplete and will not move forward in the selection process. Once submitted, applicants will not be able to make changes or add information to their application packet, with the exception of their personal contact and demographic information. Early submission of application materials is encouraged. Screening of application materials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled, though all applications received by 4 p.m. (MST) on Monday, April 22, 2019 will be given full consideration.