CMA - Clinical Assistant-Student Health Services

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CMA - Clinical Assistant-Student Health Services

Description

CMA - Clinical Assistant-Student Health Services
Lubbock
38801BR

Position Description
Employees in this classification provide patient care management to an assigned clinic in the areas of clerical and clinical duties. In clinical setting, the employee receives direct supervision from physician or nursing supervisor in either oral or written form. In office setting, the employee receives direct supervision from department administrator. Work is performed under usual office and clinic conditions. May be stressful when working under emergency conditions.

Major/Essential Functions
Student Health Services at Texas Tech University is the on-campus medical care clinic exclusively for Texas Tech students. The mission of Student Health Services is to proudly provide compassionate, high-quality and accessible healthcare to Texas Tech students. This primary care clinic is an exciting place to work. It is a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where patients always come first.
The Clinical Assistant will support our mission by:

• Welcoming patients warmly with compassion and enthusiasm.
• Listening carefully to patient needs presented face to face or over the telephone and communicating clear and accurate information in response to all members of the health care team
• Implementing teaching plans for patients and their families with well-defined health learning needs.
• Reporting data, identifies and reports alterations in patient responses to assist in the identification of problems and formulation of goals/ outcomes and patient-centered plans of care in collaboration with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Working collaboratively with other health care team members to ensure patient needs are met and clinic operations are efficient.
• Communicating with patients via telephone per clinic protocols.
• Preparing and operating necessary equipment and instruments for examination, treatments and procedures.
• Assisting with or performs exams and procedures and documents intervention in EMR.
• Taking and recording accurate vital signs and measurements.
• Communicating patient data using EMR to support decision-making to improve patient care.
• Maintaining inventory of supplies in examination and procedure rooms.
• Participating in the identification of patient needs for referral to resources and facilitate continuity of care.
  Assisting in determining the physical and mental health status, needs, and preferences of culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse patients and their families.
• Assisting Nursing Team Leader with development and implementation of clinic goals, objectives, to facilitate improved patient outcomes.
• Managing refill requests and administering medications to patients following policies and procedures for medication management.
• Completing Annual Nursing Core Competency Training and Skills Fair.
• Participating in emergency preparedness drills in department.
• Attending nursing staff meetings.

Required Qualifications
Education:

• A minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent.

License/Certification:

• Graduation from an approved certified program for assistants in the area of required specialty.
• Certification by an approved accredited certifying agency in the specialty that particular work will be performed.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal statute requiring colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information. By October 1 of each year, institutions must publish and distribute their Annual Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Report (ASR) to current and prospective students and employees. You can locate this report through our website at: https://www.ttuhsc.edu/emergency/clery-report.aspx.








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