DETAILS
SUMMARY: Assists in examination and treatment of patients under direction of a Medical Provider by performing the following duties in a professional manner.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: with other duties assigned as appropriate:
Patient Rooming Process – 25%
- Performs vital sign checks and documentation.
- Conducts patient screening.
- Conducts patient history review including medications, allergies and problems.
- Prepare patient for visit based on reason patient presented to clinic.
- Initiate self-management goals.
- Treat patient based on appropriate protocols.
- Perform Patient Centered Medical Home requirements.
Assisting Providers relating to patient care – 25%
- Responds to patients emergent needs according to protocol.
- Set rooms up for procedures.
- Assist during exams as required.
- Administer medication, injections, and vaccines.
- Performing venipuncture and collecting of lab specimens as ordered.
- Contacting patients, pharmacies, and other health care agencies in response to medication refill requests, lab and diagnostic test results, and other needs as indicated.
- Initiating medication refills, and other requests from patients and other health care providers (insurance companies, homecare agencies, and others).
- Provide information to patients as instructed by provider by providing medication and diet information and instructions, answering questions.
- Sterile technique for procedures such as laceration repair, lesion removal, etc.
- Competent in all in house lab tests per CLIA guidelines and drug screen collections per DOT/NDOT guidelines.
- Immunizations – maintain competency on MCIR Program use including: MCIR Immunization Record comparison to EMR Documentation, MCIR Record printing.
- Competency with vaccine identification and ability to identify age-appropriate vaccines.
- Completion of appropriate patient consents as requested (procedure consents, controlled substance agreements, etc.).
EDEDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Completion of Medical Assistant or LPN program and eligible for certification or licensure through CEU completion.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- BLS Required at hire.
- Certified or Registered Medical Assistant or Licensed Practical Nurse.
Physical Demands: Medium
Travel: Site to site travel is required.
