Certified Medical Assistant

About the Role

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Our Culture:
Why Work with Us? Joining Outer Cape Health Services isn’t just about taking on a new role; it’s about embracing a mission that goes beyond the day-to-day. Here, you become part of a dedicated team committed to safeguarding and nurturing invaluable community health resources. Our ethos is built on creating a vibrant and inclusive workplace where every team member is valued and recognized for their unique contributions.

Our Mission:
To provide a full range of primary health care and supportive social services that promote the health and well-being of all who live in or visit the ten outermost towns of Cape Cod. Founded in 1987 through the merger of Health Associates of Provincetown and the AIM Medical Center in Wellfleet, Outer Cape Health Services has a long history of successful growth and expansion in pursuit of this mission.

As a Patient-Centered Medical Home, OCHS holds itself to the highest standards, ensuring patients have access to care when they need it.

Teamwork, integrity, honesty, innovation, and patient-centered care guide our organization. We emphasize teamwork, technology, patient-centeredness, compliance, and a culture of trust and respect among our team and the communities we serve.

• Review electronic medical record (EMR) prior to patient’s scheduled appointment
• Ensure all lab results, consult reports, and hospital discharge records are available to the provider in the chart and note dates of completion of the most recent primary care screening tests
• Properly identify patients in accordance with OCHS policy and procedures and escort him/her/them to the exam room; review and record reasons for visit, current medications, and update history as noted in adult health history form/interim history form as well as conduct a thorough patient interview.
• Provide patients with forms to be completed prior to provider/nurse visit (learning needs assessment, depression screen, consent forms as necessary)
• Accurately perform and record patient’s vital signs, height, weight and oxygen saturation as appropriate
• Assists in preparing patients for examination; assists patients in undressing, dressing, and getting on and off the examination table
• Deliver patient care in a manner that is appropriate to the patient’s age, physical ability and intellectual development
• Conduct hearing, vision, breathing and EKG testing; records results in EMR; reports abnormal findings to provider
• Recognize and report to provider/nurse abnormal vital signs; recognize potential emergency situations, seek assistance and intervene appropriately. Notify the appropriate person in the event of a medical emergency and assist in rendering emergency care as directed by provider or nurse
• Notify provider of patient’s arrival and readiness for his/her examination
• Assist providers and nurses with patient visits, including but not limited to diagnostic studies, and treatments, preparing labels, and printing labs
• Operate and monitor the functioning of equipment, hands instruments to provider
• Label, collect and prepare lab specimens and handle all specimens using Universal Precautions and in accordance with OCHS’s policy and procedures
• Deliver all lab specimens to lab as indicated
• Assists providers with patient examinations and procedures, including (but not limited to) minor surgical procedures, GYN exams, diagnostic studies, and treatments
• Perform CLIA waived point of care testing
• Participate in quality assurance activities and all training seminars (OSHA and others)
• Clean, wrap and sterilize instruments according to policy and procedure for reprocessing of instrument
• Assist Charge Nurse with inventory and ordering all medical supplies
• Keep exam rooms stocked, clean and orderly in accord with infection control and HIPAA standards; monitors rooms for patient safety
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times
• Maintain a pleasant, respectful and courteous demeanor at all times with patients and coworkers
• Exercise care in the operation and use of equipment and perform routine cleaning and…