Medical Assistant - Barrington Clinical

Job Details

Job Location:

Barrington, IL 60010

Duties of clinical medical assistants include, but are not limited to, taking vital signs of patients, conducting/assisting with in-office screening tests, collecting and preparing specimens to send to diagnostic laboratories, recording medical allergies/medications, maintain examining rooms, and ordering and stocking of supplies. Medical Assistants must communicate with patients, visitors and staff in a professional and caring manner.

• Maintaining laboratory start up and closing logs.
• Stocking & cleaning examining rooms & treatment rooms at the beginning and end of clinic and as needed throughout the day.
• Clean exam rooms and make sure they are prepared for the next patient.
• Placing patients in exam rooms, including assisting with wheelchair and cart transfers.
• Vital signs:
  Temperature, blood pressure, respiration, pulse, weight and height on all patients. Orthostatic vital signs and pulse oximetry, when appropriate. Document in EMR.
• Obtaining or updating allergy and medication list. Document in EMR.
• Injections as needed.
• Perform EKG’s.
• Phlebotomy including blood cultures. Instructing patients on UA/C&S and Hemoccult collection. Processing of molecular testing, occult cards and urine dips.
• Basic use of the blood analyzer, coagulation instrument, glucometer. Including running of CBC’s/INR’s/glucose, start-up, shut down and QA procedures, as well as troubleshooting.
• Perform calibration and linearity and proficiency testing as assigned by lab manager.
• Use of Reference Lab: (a) Should be able to look up which tubes are needed for testing and test codes; (b) Will be responsible for making sure all patients and tests are entered correctly into computer; (c) Keeping all equipment for reference lab stocked; and (d) Retrieving results from reference labs.
• Assist physicians with all procedures.
• Stocking patient refrigerator and refreshment area and keeping it clean, as directed by site-supervisor.
• The MA will have a main office for which they will usually be working; however, he/she must be flexible enough to work at all locations as needed and have reliable transportation.
• Comply with the OSHA regulations
• Participate in the NWOH safety program
• Attend all mandatory trainings & complete quizzes as assigned.
• Report hazards
• Suggest controls
• Report occupational illnesses and injuries

Laboratory responsibilities as follows:

• Follow all laboratory procedures for specimen collection and processing.
• Follow all established laboratory testing procedures.
• Follow all laboratory reporting policies
• Maintain records documenting that proficiency test samples were treated exactly as patient samples.
• Adhere to the laboratories quality control policies
• Document all quality control, environmental and function checks, and maintenance performed.
• Follow the laboratory’s policy if test systems are not within established levels of performance.
• Document all corrective actions taken.
• Identify problems that may adversely affect testing and either correct the problem or notify the director, Lab Manager or Site Supervisor.
• Complete all required laboratory training and competency offered by employer

Laboratory Duties:

• Perform phlebotomy, and inform the patients of all specimen collection directions.
• Process specimens for testing and transport according to policy.
• Perform and document daily environmental, maintenance and function checks.
• Perform and document quality control each day on the tests performed prior to testing patient samples.
• Perform testing only when all established a laboratory performance criterion has been met.
• Perform the following tests according to the laboratory's established procedures:
  • Complete Blood Count (CBC)
  • Pro-time
    - Waived
  • Glucose
    - Waived
  • Occult Blood – Waived
  • Urine…