Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - MUSC Maybank Adult Primary Care - MUSCP

Entity: Carolina Family Care, Inc. (CFC) – Maybank Primary Care. Worker Type: Employee (Regular). Cost Center: CC005084.

About the role

Responsible for quality patient care under the direction of a physician or licensed healthcare provider in a clinical practice.

Responsibilities

• Rooming patients
• Taking vitals and health history
• Documenting in an electronic medical record
• Giving injections
• Assisting with minor procedures
• Ensuring accurate calibrations, cleaning and scheduled maintenance of clinical/lab equipment as required by OSHA, DHEC and UMA; tracked by documentation
• Maintaining and reviewing patient records, charts and any other pertinent information, communicating as appropriate
• Documenting test and exam results
• Communicating plan of care to the patient including formal development of patient education materials as necessary
• Maintaining exam room supplies, instruments and cleanliness of patient care environment, as required by OSHA, DHEC and UMA
• Maintaining timely flow of patient, assisting with scheduling of appointments and referrals based on urgency and availability
• Screening patients for appropriate information and providing patient education as appropriate for diagnosis and treatment
• Observing, recording and reporting patient's physical and psychosocial condition, reactions to medication and treatments to physician
• Responding to and triaging phone calls
• Calling in orders appropriately as ordered by physician
• Instructing patient, as ordered by the physician, regarding treatment and/or medication
• Monitoring and distributing medication including samples and controlled substances
• Triaging patients and preparing for physician exams and procedures
• Assisting with exam, procedures and treatments as necessary
• Instructing patients in collection of samples and tests
• Administering prescribed treatments and tests as ordered by the physician

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of an accredited medical assisting program with one year of patient care experience preferred (CMA I)
• Certification through American Medical Technologist (AMT), American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), National Health career Association (NHA), or MedCA as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP), or National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification
• For LPN I: Graduate from an accredited Practical Nurse program
• Licensed as an LPN within the state of South Carolina or a compact state
• Physical requirements:
  • Continuous performance of job functions while standing, walking and sitting
  • Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions
  • Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required
  • Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors
  • Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36” to overhead 25 lbs
  • Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces

Pay

• Pay type: Hourly
• Pay grade: Health‑24

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours: 40