STUDENT MEDICAL SUPPORT TRAINEE

Assists professional health care staff. May be required to:

• Perform light cleaning, disinfection, and preparation of examining rooms and patient care areas
• Maintain supplies and stocking of equipment in examining rooms and offices
• Wash, sterilize, and prepare equipment for procedures
• Transport patients via wheelchair or stretcher
• Complete paperwork, filing, data entry and other clerical duties
• Perform light patient care duties to assist an ill or injured patient as directed by nursing staff
• Fit crutches
• Provide directions and assist in patient flow
• Assist in health education sessions; give vouchers at end of sessions
• Transport laboratory specimens
• Handle and remove infectious waste using Infection Control Procedures
• Attend training sessions and staff meetings
• Perform miscellaneous duties as directed

Requirements:

• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Patient service and communication skills (verbal and written)
• May need to work evenings, nights, and weekends