Patient Care Aide

Position Summary/Job Description


As the largest retail healthcare provider in the nation, and an industry leading Fortune 4 company, MinuteClinic offers the unique opportunity to deliver high-quality 1 to 1 patient care with exceptional support and collaboration. 

Our PCAs Enjoy:

• Great patient workloads – 1 on 1 patient ratio
• On Demand Mobile Pay app
• Work-life balance
• Flexibility with scheduling
• Comprehensive benefits
• Exceptional tools, training, and resources
• Educational advancement opportunities (earn a degree for free with partner schools)
• Work with a diverse 18 mo. and older patient demographic

We may have full-time and/or part-time positions available working up to 40 hours per week. Please inquire with the recruiter.

This position will be a neighborhood support of Providers in this and surrounding clinics.

You will:

Patient Care

• Room patients including taking vital signs and documenting demographics, insurance, medical history, medications, allergies, vital signs, point of care test results, and vaccines in the electronic medical record
• Perform point of care testing for strep, flu, COVID, urine pregnancy and any other tests depending on MinuteClinic scope of practice
• Assist with managing patients in the waiting space and level set wait time expectations
• Assist with patient registration and answer questions regarding MinuteClinic services
• Act as a chaperone if a patient or provider in the primary exam room requests one

Scope

• Work in an enhanced capacity to drive significant clinical and operational efficiencies at the practice level
• Work under the supervision of a MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner or Physician Associate performing additional medical services, such as obtain vital signs, document in electronic health record, and assist with procedures.
• Provide a scope of clinical patient care based on state regulations

Clinic Environment

• Maintain clinic rooms and waiting area so they are clean, uncluttered, and ready for patient care
• Perform administrative tasks such as inventory management, patient call backs, equipment cleaning, document management and compliance tasks, etc.

Additional Duties

• Complete a MinuteClinic certification process for vaccine administration in states allowed based on MinuteClinic scope of practice.

Required Qualifications

• Recent previous health care experience OR recent completion of a program such as:
  • CNA, MA, EMT, PCT, Pharmacy Technician, Nursing Student who has completed fundamentals with clinical component, military medic program, medical student

Preferred Qualifications?

• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge and experience with an Electronic Medical Record, (i.e., EPIC)
• Excellent customer service skills with a desire to provide compassionate high-quality patient care
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Demonstrates initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability, and flexibility
• Ability to take and pass a FIT test with the respirators that MinuteClinic provides, and to wear the provided respirator mask when protocol requires.

Licensure/Certifications:

• Must have a Basic Life Support certification
• *This role may not fulfill recertification requirements for certain designations

Education
PCA has a High School Diploma or General Equivalent Development (GED)

Salary Range The typical salary range for this role is: Min Salary – 17 Max Salary– 27.9 Please keep in mind that this range represents the salary range for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual salary offer will take into account a wide range of factors, including location. Business Overview Bring your heart to CVS Health
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