Provides care and support to patients under the direction
of the physician and/or mid-level provider. Contributes to the planning
and delivery of patient focused care.
Essential Duties:
* Greet and prepare patients for the practitioner.
* Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information,
such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting
problem.
* Assist with diagnostic tests and clinical procedures to appropriate
level of training and established procedures.
* Administer ordered medications via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular
or intradermal routes.
* Manage patient flow ensuring enough time for patient and family
education.
* Prepare, clean and sterilize instruments and maintain equipment;
keep patient exam rooms clean and orderly; dispose of contaminated
items according to the Exposure Control Plan; anticipate Practitioner's
needs for medications, supplies and equipment and plan accordingly.
* Document procedures and interactions in patient's medical record.
* Provide patient mobility assistance, as necessary.
* Schedule patient appointments and perform other clerical duties
as needed.
Requirements Education:
* High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
* Completion of Medical Assistant program preferred.
Experience:
* In the last three years, 1 year experience as a
Certified Medical Assistant in a clinic or acute care setting preferred.
# Licensure/Certification: Currently certified or
eligible for State Certification as a Medical Assistant.
# Certification or ability to be certified at Levels A, C and E required.
Additional Responsibilities:
* Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization
values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor
at all times
* Adheres to and exhibits our core values:
Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation,
shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging
that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness,
uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows
and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human
community.
Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue;
continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
