UMH-Clinic Assistant (U)

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The Clinic Assistant (U) performs a variety of clerical duties associated with patient care unit operations, and handles administrative duties, including filing records, scheduling lab work and hospital admissions, making follow-up calls to patients, phoning in prescriptions, and calling to get lab test results.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS  

• Maintains confidentiality of patient information. 

• Assembles, completes, and processes patients’ charts. 

• Keeps patient records accurately identified. 

• Maintains an accurate clinical record, recording information per hospital policy. 

• Transcribes doctors’ orders, checks charts for incomplete histories and operative summaries, and reports any issues to appropriate member of the healthcare team for correction. 

• Orders unit supplies to maintain inventory of equipment and supplies. 

• Assists with receiving, distributing, and sorting supplies brought to the unit. 

• Obtains laboratory and x-ray reports and notifies doctors of results. 

• Utilizes IDX RIS/PACS to track patient arrival times and advises front desk personnel of patient delays to maintain daily schedule. 

• Greets patients upon arrival and verifies patient information.

• Directs patient to the dressing room and ensures patient changes into a gown and removes all metal items from their person. 

• Assists in copying completed patient paperwork, delivering originals to front desk, and distributing copies to appropriate reading rooms. 

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS 

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Minimum 6 months of relevant experience

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

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