Medical Assistant

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Company Description

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you.

Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

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Medical Assistant I is the entry, developmental and first working level of the Medical Assistant Job Family. Under general supervision in an outpatient clinical setting, the medical assistant performs a variety of routine administrative, clerical and technical supportive services to assist medical and nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients. Assists with direct patient care procedures and related tasks and performs medical procedures of a routine nature, as dictated by established clinical procedures.

Responsible for clinical duties such as taking vital signs, giving injections, transporting medications, performing simple diagnostic tests, collecting specimens, drawing blood, sterilizing and cleaning equipment and maintaining examination rooms and supplies. Works under the clinical supervision of a licensed physician or as delegated by the physician for patient care activities, and under the general direction of the designated manager/supervisor. May also be responsible for some administrative duties.

• Escort patient to exam room, measures and records vital signs, documents medication, and collects medication information.
• Prepares patient examination rooms prior to the visit to ensure that proper equipment and supplies are set‑up for examinations, required procedures, and/or treatments. Cleans exam room after visits.
• Performs procedures such as phlebotomy, venipuncture, and sterile dressing changes, following established procedures and completed competencies. Prepares patient for examination or treatment and performs routine screening tests.
• Assists physicians/providers with sterile and non‑sterile procedure set‑ups, patient procedures and examinations. Administers medication by intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections, performs skin tests, venipunctures and other technical supportive services upon the specific authorization and supervision of a licensed physician or nurse. Administers medication following approved procedures and only after verification of medication and dosage by a licensed person.
• Provides patient education materials.
• Performs routine examination and treatment procedures which may include: applying and removing bandages and dressings, removing sutures and casts, cleaning wounds and applying medications and dressings, performing ear lavage, preparing patients for examinations, and disinfecting treatment sites per specialty approved competencies.
• Pick up medications from Pharmacy; receive medication deliveries from Pharmacy. Per department‑specific policy, may place medications into secure storage, including the correct storage location and temperature; return medications to Pharmacy or prepare medications for return to Pharmacy via courier. Processes requests for prescription refills according to established practice.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the need for secure storage of medications, the correct temperature at which to store drugs, how to identify the correct storage temperature for individual drugs, the procedure to follow for monitoring storage temperatures and actions to take when temperatures are out of range.
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development principles when gathering data and communicating with infants, toddlers, school age, and adolescent patients — including knowledge of normal vital signs, general appearance, signs/symptoms of abuse/neglect activity, and mobility.
• Performs the following procedures as directed by Registered Nurse (RN)/Nurse Practitioner…