1. Assist with the initial admission of patients to the clinic, going over medical records request with patient and assisting provider by gathering health information (personal history, personal social history, family history, medications and allergies) for the provider.
2. Take routine vital signs of patients, including temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and pulse oximetry.
3. Facilitate medication refills (phoning prescriptions or by electronic submission) to pharmacies after provider has reviewed and approved them.
4. Assist with paperwork related to prior authorizations or referrals.
5. Performing routine lab tests in clinic setting consistent with training and clinical policies (i.e. urine dipstick, urine pregnancy, finger-stick blood glucose, rapid step, rapid influenza A, B swab collection) and document results if test completed within the clinic.
6. Perform skin tests (tuberculin) but may NOT interpret results.
7. Administer injecti...