Reproductive Health Assistant, Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Austin, TX, United States
Overview:
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 Assistants 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 patients eyes to serve patients promptly, completely and in a friendly manner. Understands and complies with organization and health center protocols, policies and procedures. In addition, follows organization risk management and safety procedures. Abides by the organizations mission and embraces the service philosophy of our affiliates In This Together values while performing job duties. Ensures productivity expectations, customer service and compliance standards are maintained. Demonstrates an understanding of and commitment to quality healthcare and excellent customer service.
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.
Maintains equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, performing preventive maintenance, and initiating repair requests.
Reviews consent form with patient and obtains informed consent for services, and procedures. Obtains informed consent from patients prior to the delivery of services per organization protocols.
Supports the clinician by performing lab testing and vital signs appropriate to the patient and notifying the clinician of special concerns pertinent to the visit.
Reviews test results with patients and when appropriate, educates patients with abnormal results regarding the nature of the problem, method and treatments prescribed, and instructions and information about proper follow-up, including referral to appropriate medical, financial, and social service resources when necessary.
Consistently utilizes an empathic approach to patient care delivery.
Provides compassionate care to patients using a holistic approach ensuring that patients physical, mental, social and emotional needs are addressed.
Provides contraceptive supplies, prescribed medications, and intramuscular injections as ordered by the clinician per health center protocols. Provides specific instructions on each patients selected birth control method.
Triage phone calls to clinicians as appropriate.
Reviews EPM/EHR for any alerts for outstanding follow-up needs and advise patients of their follow-up status or discuss the clinicians recommendations with the patient at each visit.
Maintains an awareness of clinic flow and visit cycle times and contributes to the efficient delivery of care by working with a sense of urgency to respect the time of patients and increase access to services.
Maintains discretion and patient confidentiality at all times, using appropriate guidelines on release of information.
Contributes to a culture of continuous quality improvement by reporting incidents timely and completing incident reports.
Understands and complies with regulations from all governing entities and health center protocols including but not limited to Patient Rights, Child Abuse identification and reporting, infection control, laboratory protocols, emergency evacuation, risk management, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety standards.
Qualifications:
Minimum Education/Experience H/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/ Bachelors/Masters).
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).