Patient Care Associate; Trainee - Orthopedic Surgery

Position: Patient Care Associate (Trainee) - Orthopedic Surgery
* Provides clerical and administrative support, including answering phones, setting schedules and meetings, typing documents, filing and back-up support for others.
* Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean; cleans and sterilizes equipment, instruments, rooms, etc,. and appropriately disposes of contaminated supplies.
* Interviews patients via phone or in person to obtain medical information or schedule various activities; creates, updates and coordinates various medical records and files.
* Interacts with patients providing various routine information such as explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets or various pre-established instructions to patients.
* Collects blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs the specimens and prepares them for testing; may measure patient vital signs, weight and height.
* May perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
* May show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
* Normal office environment.
* Exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
* Requires protective devices.
* Patient care setting.
* Direct patient care setting.
* Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date.
* Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).
* Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
* Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
* Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
* WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
* WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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