Health Center | Student Employment
Department – Student Health Center
Job Title – Health Center Assistant
Purpose of Job
To assist the Health Center nurse practitioners and medical assistant with various
tasks related to clinic operation, health fairs, vaccine clinics, and health displays.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Health Center assistant will assist Health Center NPs, and medical assistant with
greeting student patients, answering the phone, printing, scheduling patient appointments
and instructing patients to check in when needed.
- Health Center Assistants will help the Health Center NPs and medical assistant with
other miscellaneous jobs including but not limited to the set up for vaccine clinics,
health fairs, wellness displays, giving patients vaccine information statements, and
printing Travax reports for CCE medical health statement visits.
- Preparing flu kits for patients.
- Restocking the self-care station.
- Health Center assistants who work the closing shift are responsible for putting any
specimens in the ProHealth and Marquette lock boxes and checking and recording the
temperature of the vaccine fridge.
- In addition, assistants that are certified nursing assistants may be asked to room
patients and check vital signs when needed.
Job Qualifications
- Health Center Assistants must be polite, discrete, and pleasant when interacting with
student patients.
- All Health Center Assistants are required to sign a confidentiality statement annually,
and all patient encounters and patients' personal information must be kept confidential.
- Students must possess skills required for scheduling appointments in Medicat, the
electronic health record.
- Students should be punctual for their shifts and find a replacement if they cannot
make their shift.
- Health Center Assistants that assist with patient care must show a valid nursing assistant
certificate; otherwise, they will only be allowed to perform clerical duties outlined
above.
Supervisor(s)
