The Medical Assistant is responsible for supporting both the front and back office, including greeting and rooming patients, scheduling, answering phones, taking vitals, drawing blood, administering vaccines, and providing additional clinical support wherever needed.
Promotes the provision of high quality point of care laboratory services by performing and evaluating quality control for moderately complex and waived testing, calibrating instruments, and diagnosing instrument malfunctions.
Responsibilities
Ensures the quality of Point of Care (POC) test systems by performing and reviewing quality control and initiating corrective actions for moderately complex and waived testing
Calibrating and performing/reviewing calibration verification and certifying instrumentation for use
Performing instrument comparison studies, linearity and/or Analytical Measurement Range studies
Communicates variances to charge personnel in other departments and initiates corrective action
Ensures the availability of POC instrumentation by validating new or replacement instrumentation, programming instruments, and performing maintenance
Requirements
Bachelor Degree in Clinical Laboratory Science or equivalent
Processes laboratory orders and performs phlebotomy procedures/collections with minimal discomfort to patients of all ages following system standards and scope practice.
Compensation
Pay range: $22.17 - $27.72 + 15% Relief Differential in lieu of benefits
Responsibilities
Communicates and interacts with a diverse population professionally.
Performs phlebotomy procedures/collections following system policies and procedures.
Prioritizes requests for procedures according to urgency and type of tests.
Navigates and prioritizes specimen collections using the Lab Information System.
Processes and tests samples using various instruments following laboratory standards.
Seeking experienced Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners to join UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care in the greater Pittsburgh area and across Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Locations (3)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania, United States
West Virginia, United States
Responsibilities
Engage in shared decision-making and problem-solving
See patients at regular intervals
Collaborate with an on-site Rad Tech and Medical Assistants as a clinical team leader
Perform minor procedures (sutures, casts, splints, etc.)