Assistant, Medical and Vaccine Program

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Description WORK LOCATION: Wayne County Healthy Communities - Hamtramck MI, 48212 POSITION SUMMARY: The Medical & Vaccine Program Assistant is responsible for a variety of medical related tasks in support of the work of the Physician and Physician Extender (PA, NP) as well as supporting the VFC (Vaccines for Children) Program. These duties include preparation of exam rooms, electronically updating patient charts, preparing patient for visit with provider, taking and documenting vitals, assisting with exams, assisting with procedures, follow-up with patients providing instructions and education to patients, maintenance of logs, processing orders from the provider, inputting results of tests and labs in charts, making referrals providing and documenting immunizations and other duties as assigned by the Physician Extender and Medical practitioners. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Prepare patients for exams, including rooming, taking vital signs, obtaining medical history, and identifying chief complaints. - Serve as secondary Vaccine Coordinator and point of contact for MDHHS VFC program and private vaccines. - Maintain full compliance with VFC requirements, including: (Annual completion of VF...