Medical Assistant

1 FT & 2 PRN positions available.

• Serves as a resource to clinical and clerical staff.
• Assists in the development of the Medical Assistant and Office Clerk schedules to ensure appropriate staffing.
• Assists with the daily routine by assigning daily tasks to Medical Assistants and Clerks.
• Assists with reviewing diagnostic results to monitor the compliance of follow-up.
• Maintains the medical and clerical supply inventory, ordering supplies as needed.
• Assists in the orientation of department employees.
• Assists in the identification of operational issues and operational improvement opportunities, and assists staff.
• Maintains training and orientation materials and documentation for clinic staff.
• Assists with the development and ongoing review and revision of department policies and procedures.
• Assists with quality improvement activities through data collection and report completion.
• Takes vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, O2 saturation, blood pressure, height, weight & visual acuity).
• Assists with activities in patient mobility and positioning.
• Reports patient status changes to and assists the nurse/physician/nurse practitioner/physician assistant.
• Collects specimens, performs CLIA waived tests, and reports results to provider.
• Initiates CPR.
• Communicates with patient and/or family, striving for HIPAA compliance.
• Transports patients by pushing, pulling, lifting, using a wheelchair or cart.
• Repositions patients with or without mechanical devices by lifting, pulling and pushing.
• Organizes and prioritizes work to complete daily assignments.
• Participates in quality assurance, assessment and improvement activities.
• Provides patient education.
• Performs radiologic exams.
• Assists with procedures.
• Performs phlebotomies and capillary punctures on patients.
• Collects patient information.
• Changes dressings.
• Administers treatments.
• Administers medications according to clinic policy.
• Ensures cleanliness of office suite, adhering to JCAHO, OSHA and all other regulatory guidelines.

• Ability to read, spell and write clearly; accurate typing, filing and calculating skills.
• Has computer experience and has worked with Excel and Word programs.
• Has the ability to communicate effectively.
• Will be oriented to and maintain competence in working with patients in the following age categories:
  Infant, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric patients.
• May require constant sitting; requires occasional standing and walking.
• Occasionally lifts and carries up to 35 lbs.; may require pushing and pulling up to 35 lbs.
• Requires eye-hand coordination, finger and manual dexterity.
• Requires correct hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions.
• Some exposure to communicable diseases, sharps and hazardous materials is required.
• May require potential exposure to body fluids and radiation.
• Requires occasional bending, twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping and kneeling.
• Occasional reaching and overhead work are required.
• Requires occasional grasping.
• Requires the ability to distinguish letters or symbols.
• Ability to use office equipment such as computer, typewriter, telephone, copier and fax machine.
• Primarily Monday through Friday on a scheduled shift, includes working weekends & holidays with potential for overtime.