MEDICAL ASSISTANT
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Sign-on bonus available for external hires!
Department: Medicine Clinic
FTE: 1.00
Full Time
Shift:
Days
Position Summary:
Perform a variety of front and back
office clerical duties in support of assigned area to include but not
limited to collecting patient data, obtaining patient medical history;
performing treatment procedures, preparing instruments for
sterilization; maintaining a sanitary work area; coordinating and
scheduling appointments and verifying medical coverage. May perform a
variety of clerical duties to include basic cashiering duties. Ensure
adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures.
Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent,
adult and geriatric age groups.
Detailed
responsibilities:
* PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote
the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient
Centered Specialty Practice as applicable
* PATIENT CARE - Assist
in preparation of patient care to include the admission, transfer and
discharge process; phone in prescriptions; assist the provider with a
variety of treatment procedures as requested to include setting up
sterile fields and chaperoning
* PATIENT CARE - Perform routine
non-invasive treatment procedures to include saturation,
administration and urine dipsticks; may perform invasive procedures to
include but not limited to phlebotomy, ear irrigation,
catheterization, and EKG's
* MEDICATION - Administer medication,
including Parenteral (IM, SQ, ID); Oral Drops, Eye Drops, and Oral via
Seven Rights; document and communicate clinical findings (After
completion of UNMH MA Medication Administration course)
* PATIENT
CARE - Perform basic patient initial screening; intakes and records
vital signs; records chief complaints; patient data collection; report
any changes in condition or behavior of patients to appropriate
personnel
* DATA - Enter various data into computer and forms;
verify data, make corrections and ensure accuracy; schedule patient
appointments; answer and direct phone calls as requested; take and
relay messages to providers
* CASHIER - Perform basic cashiering
duties; collect monies for various activities; close and balance cash
register
* ENVIRONMENT - Maintain a sanitary work area to include
patient care rooms, equipment and instruments; report equipment
problems; order and stock supplies; maintain appropriate PAR
levels
* CUSTOMER SERVICE - Provide and ensure quality service and
customer satisfaction
* RELATED WORK - Perform related duties and
responsibilities as required
* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient
safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
* PATIENT SAFETY
2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking
opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current
policies and processes
* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and
report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put
a patient at undue risk
* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or
actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a
timely manner
* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively
participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting
treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem
right"
Education:
Essential:
* High
School or GED Equivalent
* Program Graduate
*
Course
Education specialization:
Essential:
* MA accred pgm
graduate or 2 yrs MA experience on DD Form 214
* UNMH MA Safe Med
Admin Course Completion w/in 90 Days
Experience:
Essential:
No minimum experience
required
Nonessential:
1 year directly related
experienceBilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni,
or Navajo
Credentials:
Essential:
* CPR for
Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days
Physical Conditions:
Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds
of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently,
and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people.
Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium
Work.
Working conditions:
Essential:
* Sig Hazard:
Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE
* May be required to
travel to various work sites
* Limited access to med room. Med
Admin Policy, Att A
* May be required or is required to rotate work
shifts
Department: Clinical Nursing Support
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
University of New Mexico - Hospitals
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