Reproductive Health Assistant (Floater)
Company: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas
Location: Cedar Hill
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Overview:Please note: this is a full-time floater position that
will float between our Cedar Hill, Mesquite, Arlington, and
Southeast Fort Worth centers.The Reproductive Health Assistant is
an essential part of the healthcare team providing comprehensive
health education and direct patient care, demonstrating a positive,
cooperative manner, and a willingness to assist team members when
needed. Reproductive Health Assistant's perform high-quality,
responsive, and efficient patient care delivery in a clean, safe
and comfortable health center. The Reproductive Health Assistant
has significant impact on the patient experience and is expected to
view services through the patient's eyes to serve patients
promptly, completely and in a friendly manner. Understands and
complies with organization and health center protocols, policies
and procedures.Responsibilities:Performs a variety of
responsibilities in direct patient care including but not limited
to: greeting patients promptly and in a welcoming manner, providing
high quality care, interviews patients and obtain medical history
information, provides education to patients regarding the purpose
of their visit, performs patient check-in and check-out, accurately
updates patient charts, confirms that all medication, equipment and
supplies are stocked in health center including sterile
instruments, assists with patient discharge instructions.Practices
a patient focused approach to healthcare as demonstrated by
interactions showing respect, knowledge, responsibility, compassion
and access to care.Provides comprehensive education, accurate
information and answers questions objectively about medical
services offered at the affiliate including but not limited to,
birth control, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in a
caring, non-biased, non-judgmental and non-directive
manner.Provides pregnancy-options counseling in a comprehensive,
non-directive and non-coercive manner. Ensures that a patient
having a pregnancy test is educated on all options including
parenting, adoption and abortion and receives accurate information
and appropriate referrals.Provides and explains Patient Education
Sheets, and Informed Consent Forms to patients to ensure
understanding of materials and services, and ensures that patients
with limited English proficiency receive information in the
language which they best understand.Maintains medical supplies
inventory including inventorying stock, placing orders, and
verifying receipt.Accurately takes and records patients'
demographic information, vital signs, and medical history. Obtains
a medical history by asking patients questions about their medical
conditions, medications and allergies. Records any findings into
the patient charts and alerts the physician and/or clinician of the
results.Performs blood draws (venipuncture) and intramuscular (IM)
injections.May train less experienced Heath Center team members in
job functions/duties/protocols.Maintains safe, secure, and healthy
work environment by establishing and following standards and
procedures and complying with legal regulations.Verifies and
completes requests for medical records per
policy.Qualifications:Minimum Education/ExperienceH/S Diploma or
equivalent and 1 year of experience in any of the following:
customer service, healthcare or social services environment; an
advanced degree may be substituted for up to 1 year of experience
(e.g. Associates/ Bachelor's/Master's).Preferred: Medical Assistant
Certification from an organization recognized by PPGT OR a
certificate of completion or diploma from fully accredited medical
assistant educational program as identified in the Database of
Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs which contains
information reported to the U.S. Department of Education directly
by recognized accrediting agencies and state approval
agencies.Preferred: Electronic Practice Management system or
Electronic Health Records system experience (EPM/EHR).
Keywords: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Cedar Hill , Reproductive Health Assistant (Floater), Healthcare , Cedar Hill, Texas
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