Martha Esther Ibarra

• Participates on care team to meet patient care and clinic needs, working cooperatively with others to accomplish required work in a timely and efficient manner.
• Visit Navigation: Prepares patient for the visit, collecting appropriate and accurate data, and providing all aspects of primary support to the provider.
• Equipment and Procedures: Uses equipment and performs patient care procedures in a safe, competent manner according to defined standards of practice.
• Message Management / Test Result Notification: Responses to patient calls related to test results, medication refills, and referral requests under the direction of the provider. Trained in various programs to include but not limited to scheduling, prior authorizations, and referral management.
• Perform other duties as required

· Ensure proper cleaning of examination rooms between patients and disinfecting equipment.

· Perform safe patient handling techniques and assisting in obtaining health and medication history

Obtain recent nutritional history and needs.

· Take and monitor vital signs and photograph the wound

· Assist with ensuring aseptic or sterile techniques for procedures

· Set up equipment for procedures and prepare wound for procedures (e.g.,

cleansing, removing dressings, topically anesthetize)

Apply and/or remove: Dressings, Compression wraps and stockings, barrier products, staples or sutures, offloading systems.

· Assist with application of cellular and/or tissue products, biopsies

Perform negative pressure wound therapy, application and removal. Assist with debridement, culture swabs and tissue cultures, wound irrigation and cleaning

Assist with Doppler, level of pain, edema, assess skin (e.g., for color, swelling, and

temperature) and wound and peri wound characteristics.

· Identify psychosocial barriers (e.g., cognitive, financial, religious/cultural)

· Assess and describe wound characteristics (e.g., tissue type, measurements, amount of drainage, type of drainage)

· Document patient information (e.g., medications, progress, billing,

· photographs)

· Coordinate wound care with supervisor and other team members

· Follow confidentiality and security regulations

· Adhere to professional ethical guidelines