POSITION SUMMARY:
The Clinical Assistant (CA) is responsible for performing a variety of duties while working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team to deliver optimal patient care services and manage care within the framework of the Patient Centered Medical Home. The CA maintains an enhanced role within this model of care that promotes concepts of proactive team-based care, day to day operational and clerical duties for the clinical team.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
1. High School Diploma or equivalent education required
2. A minimum of two (2) years’ experience working in a medical setting preferred
3. Customer Service experience preferred
4. Certified Nurse Assistant preferred
5. Medical Terminology Required (Will allow up to 90 days from date of hire to complete)
6. BLS/BCLS Required (Will allow up to 90 days from date of hire to complete)
7. Excellent reading, verbal, and written communication skills required
8. Proficient in word processing, navigating through the internet and email
9. POCT attestation (training provided by WCCHC Lab Quality Supervisor) uploaded in Relias required for Covid Response assistance and support
An Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent education
- Medical terminology knowledge or completion within 90 days of hire
- BLS/BCLS certification or completion within 90 days of hire
- Excellent reading, verbal, and written communication skills
- Proficiency with word processing, internet navigation, and email
- POCT attestation uploaded in Relias for COVID response assistance and support
- At least two years of experience working in a medical setting
- Customer service experience
- Certified Nurse Assistant certification
What We Do
The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, established in 1972, is the oldest of the 15 community health centers in the state and the largest employer on the Waiʻanae coast. WCCHC employs 700+ staff that work throughout its main center in Waiʻanae, satellite clinics in Nānākuli, Waiʻanae, Kapolei, Waipahu and Ewa, a school-based dental clinic and six school-based primary care clinics in Waiʻanae and Nānākuli, and other business and program sites throughout the Waiʻanae Coast/West Oʻahu. The Health Center’s mission just begins to tell our story: "The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center is a healing center that provides accessible and affordable medical and traditional healing services with aloha. The Health Center is a learning center that offers health career training to ensure a better future for our community. The Health Center is also an innovator, using leading edge technology to deliver the highest quality of health care services.” The vision of our community founders, to offer comprehensive health services, has guided the development of services and activities for our patient centered health care home, which includes: Primary Care Clinics (Adult Medicine, Family Practice, Pediatric Health, Women’s Health), Dental, 24-hour Emergency Medical Services, 24-hour Laboratory, 24-hour Imaging, School-based/Adolescent Health Centers and School-based Dental, KWIC-Walk-in Clinics, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Treatment, Pain Management, Pharmacy, Mammography, Vision Services. Specialists: Dermatology, Endocrinology, General Surgery, Nephrology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Podiatry, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, and Wound Care. Case Management/Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Management, Exercise/Fitness activities (Fitness Gym, Walking Trails, Yoga, Zumba, and more), Integrative Weight Management, Family Planning, Farmers’ Markets, Health Education, Community Wellness, Homeless Outreach, Native Hawaiian
