Job Details: Job position: PCA - Lewis Center, OH Contact: 5 Months Pay rate: $18.99hr Experience Required: Minimum 6 months. Experience Preferred: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Job Roles and Responsibilities: Excellent customer service skills with a desire to provide compassionate high quality patient care. Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to work independently. Demonstrates initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability, and flexibility. Ability to take and pass a FIT test with the respirators that MinuteClinic provides, and to wear the provided respirator mask when protocol requires. Knowledge of medical terminology.
Plans and manages patient care according to each patient's needs. Interviews patients and records their medical history and physical condition. Obtains patient vital signs, including pulse, blood pressure, temperature, and respiration. Provides routine care for patients. Observes patients' health. Reviews medical charts. Accompanies patients to their rooms. Assists physicians and registered nurses. Communicates with patients and their families. Performs standard diagnostic procedures including EKG, phlebotomy, venipuncture, PFT, and Doppler. Prepares specimens for lab courier. Administers medications. Provides wound care. Prepares and administers injections and/or enemas. Assists with patient comfort. Monitors catheters.