Per Diem Dermatology Technician III - Kelsey Seybold Clinic - Sugar Land, TX

Job ID : 2307151 Job Type : Full Time Location : Sugar Land, TX 77478

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Per Diem Dermatology Technician III provides supportive patient care functions for Dermatology and other assigned clinical area, under the supervision of a Physician, Registered Nurse, or Licensed Vocational Nurse, ensuring the safety and comfort of patients and families according to legal, organizational, and professional standards. Some duties may be delegated to the Sr. Dermatology Technician by the physician or RN. This position will serve as the primary support for an assigned Dermatologist. The Technician requires additional duties which include demonstrating knowledge and scribing of medical terminology to assist in documentation during Dermatology office visits and / or procedures. The technician can be asked to scribe for physicians (history, physical, patient instructions, pending orders. In addition, the technician may also be asked to administer injectables and / or other high level skill performance : Perform phototherapy treatment / excimer laser treatment, Set-up / assist with procedures, sterile field, and / or cosmetic procedures, removal of sutures, Ipledge / isotretinoin patient education, registration in ipledge, apply patch testing for allergic contact dermatitis, sterilize instruments, and manage pathology log to make sure all results received and given to patients / treatments done.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Scribe :

Under the direct supervision of the RN Supervisor or Coordinator, this position is responsible for all real time charting for the physicians

Monitor in basket for orders placed by physician and perform tasks that need to be completed (i.e., waived testing, EKG's, specimen collection, spirometry, hearing, vision); reports and accurately documents patient response

Document observations related to health status and report findings

Obtain patient's demographic information, history, chief complaint

Assist physician with preparing patient for examination & minor office procedures

Review doctor's schedule, abstract as needed, print PVS for each patient and request other relevant

information needed for patient's visit that day

Prepares and submits patient documents for scanning

Provide pre-printed patient educational material as directed by provider

Monitor supplies, medications and forms and notifies appropriate staff when reorder needed

Complete daily logs as assigned by nursing staff :

Waived testing (i.e. glucometer, urine dipstick and urine pregnancy logs) CLIA standards

Customer Service :

Works with patients to achieve excellent customer