UMH-Clinic Assistant (U)

Clinic Assistant (U)

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.