REGISTERED Medical Assistant – Health Services; FTD

Perform the functions and duties necessary to ensure employees meet and maintain the regulatory and physical health requirements to support the facility needs. Provide initial screening, ongoing job-related health maintenance, injury reporting, tracking, and required record keeping. Interacts with Worker’s Compensation Carrier, state and federal agencies, and accrediting bodies as required.

Primary Duties

• Pre-employment health history evaluation including susceptibility to communicable disease (MMR, varicella, hepatitis
  
  B), immunization status, pregnancy, compromised immune status, absence of infectious disease, and/or latex sensitivity
• Medical history assessing communicable disease history and conditions that increase risk (e.g., long-term steroid therapy, immunocompromise)
• Assesses tuberculosis status and provide skin testing and follow-up as needed
• Provide antibody titer testing
• Evaluate changes in employee health status as needed
• Assesses TB exposures and provides follow-up testing and referral as needed
• Monitor and repot TB sero-conversions
• Send employee health records to human resources
• Educate employees about immunizations
• Provide immunizations
• Track series immunizations and provide as needed
• Complete exposure lab draws for employee
• Review exposure results on patients and employees
• Inform employee of results
• Provide repeat lab draws with serial testing / tracking (6wk, 12wk, 6 month, 12 month)
• Provide exposure education for employees and patients
• Maintain OSHA 300/301 Log
• Provide OSHA log for posting annually
• Complete reporting for employee injuries / exposures / lost days / restricted days.
• Track lost time related to injuries
• Maintain needle stick log
• Maintain employee injury log
• Maintain employee illness log
• Compile employee health reports
• Report employee health activities to the Infection Control and Environment of Care Committees
• Track employees with repeat injuries, communicate with director / VP
• File injuries / exposures with Worker’s Compensation Provider
• Evaluate and trend “notice only” injury reports
• Communicate with employee and their insurance case worker
• Track progress of injured employee through Concentra
• Monitor work restrictions, advise directors / human resources of employee clearance to return to work
• Keep current with CDC guidelines

Qualifications/Specifications

• Education: High school diploma or G.E.D. required (if hired after January 1, 2003). Graduate of a certified Medical Assistant program preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: Registered Medical Assistant certification required
  . BLS certification required. Basic EKG skills required within 6 months of employment. Certification is to be renewed by recommended renewal date on certification card.
• Experience: 6 months- 1 year continuous experience in an acute care setting highly preferred.

REGISTERED Medical Assistant – Employee Health Services (FTD)