clinic assistant - medical
North York Endoscopy Centre Corporation
North York, ON, CA
$20 an hour (estimated)
Permanent
- Work Term : Permanent
- Work Language : English
- Hours : 40 hours per week
- Education : Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience : 1 year to less than 2 years
- or equivalent experience
Level of expertise
Assistant
Tasks
- Administer tests using equipment, instruct patients on test procedures and record results, and monitor, check and calibrate auditory equipment
- Assist during assessment of patients and carry out treatment programs and develop materials for use with patients
- Assist health care professionals
- Carry out treatment programs, under the direction of physiotherapists and / or occupational therapists, to rehabilitate patients with various injuries or disabilities
- Examine adult clients to assess hearing loss, recommend type of hearing instrument, take earmold impressions and perform follow-up examinations and readjustments
- Operate ophthalmic testing and measuring instruments, record test results and administer eye drops, ointments and medications as directed by ophthalmologists
- Position patients for treatments by chiropractor or machine
- Set up and dismantle equipment
- Apply and adjust casts, splints and bandages
- Clean and maintain equipment
- Compound, package and label pharmaceutical products
- Lay out surgical instruments
- Prepare and maintain equipment and supplies
- Record vital signs
- Clean and dress wounds
- Label and process donated blood
- Maintain prescription records and inventories of medications and pharmaceutical products
- Operate and maintain sterilization equipment and instrumentation for re-use according to standardized safety practices
- Prepare solutions for preservation of specimens
- Provide post donation care and donor reaction care
- Collect statistics
- Maintain supplies
- Connect treatment machines to patients, as directed by chiropractor
- Maintain inventory of equipment
- Assist chiropractor with physical examinations
- Document patient rehabilitation progress
- Perform general clerical duties
- Prepare and maintain cleanliness of collection areas
- Process files and paperwork
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Take earmold impressions and fit and adjust hearing instruments
- Take patients' general medical and ophthalmic history
- Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
- Order supplies and equipment
- Organize and maintain inventory
- Maintain clinical and progress reports
Specialization or experience
Green economy sector
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Green job
Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
Health benefits
- Disability benefits
- Paramedical services coverage
9 days ago