Position Function Summary
Under the direction of the MA Clinical Supervisor, the Medical Assistant provides patient care and other related clinical, laboratory, technical and support activities to providers and licensed nursing staff who provide direct patient care.
Essential Responsibilities
- Interviews and conducts preliminary assessment and triage of patients to determine reasons for visit, obtains health history and checks pulse, temperature, blood pressure, weight, height, respiration, vision and hearing as needed and records data care concisely, accurately, and with higher specificity in the patient EMR chart; reports any vital sign variations from the last clinic visit to the medical provider;
- Cleans, stocks, and prepares equipment for examination rooms, nurse's stations, drug rooms, and mini lab as needed; Maintains office and medical supplies, and other materials through timely and accurate inventory and requisition procedures for exam and treatment rooms;
- Assists providers with therapeutic procedures, physical examinations, immunizations, injectable and oral medications, testing and monitoring patients for possible reactions to medications and treatments, and other special procedures; assists with follow up on normal/abnormal patient testing;
- Obtains capillary blood, throat swabs and urine specimens from patients as directed by the provider; following departmental procedures for patient identification and labeling of specimens according to OSHA guidelines;
- Coordinates patient scheduling for providers, including regular and specialty appointments, in consultation with appropriate clinical and provider staff;
- Continuously communicate with other staff members of care team to monitor and record patients’ conditions;
- Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
Education, Experience and Skills/Training
- High School graduate or GED certificate required. Graduation from a technical school with appropriate degree and/or certification such as Nurse Assistant/Aide program preferred. Six months related experience is preferred; or any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education approved by Human Resources.
- CPR certification required.
- Required, basic knowledge of clinical procedures in order to prepare patients for their examination.
- Ability to read and interpret medical documents and records, write at a moderate level of competence, communicate effectively.
La Familia Medical Center offers a comparable benefit package.
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