Certified Medical Assistant - Urgent Care Vista
Renown Health · Reno, NV · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present: About the role? The posting includes "Purpose", "Nature And Scope", "For Department 530244, 515284, and 515322 Only", "Minimum Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred". Also maybe "Challenges". We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should only include sections that have real content. The posting includes purpose and nature and scope (responsibilities). Also includes specific department tasks (responsibilities). Also includes minimum qualifications (requirements/qualifications). No benefits, pay, schedule mentioned. So we should include sections: About the role (maybe from Purpose), Responsibilities (Nature And Scope + department specifics), Requirements (Minimum Qualifications). Possibly also Skills? Could include computer proficiency as skills. But we can put under Requirements or Qualifications. Let's decide: Use About the role for purpose paragraph. Responsibilities for nature and scope and department specifics. Requirements for minimum qualifications (education, experience, license, certification, computer skills). We'll not add Skills separate.
We must not repeat job title. No metadata like Job ID. We'll strip boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
Purpose paragraph: "The Certified Medical Assistant is accountable for assisting the providers in front and back-office procedures. The incumbent has the added responsibility of providing a direct liaison between provider and patient, making certain that the appropriate provider has addressed any patient questions or concerns. This position may float to various sites within the health system.Certified Medical Assistant working in a Medical Home and/or medical group setting will be an integral part of the patient's care team. They will work side-by-side with other members of the patient's care team, including healthcare providers and nurses. This position in these settings will be required to do more during the rooming process; from reviewing medications, to goal setting, to patient education. They will also be expected to assist with the tracking and coordination of patient test results, with reminding patients of overdue health maintenance topics, and with assisting other members of the Medical Home Care Team in delivering optimal patient-centered care."
We can combine into a paragraph.
Nature And Scope: list of duties: escorting patient, taking vital signs, maintaining exam rooms stock, documenting patient communications, preparing lab specimens, completing referral forms, obtaining authorizations, keeping records, scheduling patients for tests, placing/receiving phone calls, filing into charts, administering treatments/medications per provider order. Also challenges: delivery of patient care complicated by new techniques, paperwork, changing policies, increased info, staffing fluctuations. Must demonstrate knowledge/skills to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial, safety appropriate to age, meet standards. Use professionalism/diplomacy interacting with patients, families, physicians, staff, other providers in accurate collecting demographic, clinical, financial info in person or via telephone. Keep abreast of standards to assure compliance with federal, state, local regulatory agencies and ensure compliance including third party reimbursement requirements.
Then department-specific: For Department 530244, 515284, and 515322 Only: requires fundamental knowledge of technical work with orthopedic bracing and casting related activities. Responsible for application, medication, repair, and fitting with a wide variety of casts, splints, and braces to all areas of the body. Apply appropriate casts/splints per physician direction using appropriate materials with body in appropriate position. Fit casts, splints, braces to ensure maximum comfort and avoid unnecessary pressures. Trim, split, remove casts as required. Adjust braces to physician specification. Perform documentation and patient education related to cast, splints, or braces. Provide cast care and brace instructions. Fit and instruct on Crutches and other mobilization aids. Prepare, stock and clean exam rooms per MA requirements. Stock exam rooms, Inventory specialty items and initiate reorder of supplies as needed. Maintain tools and equipment. Setup fluoroscopy machine for care provider use Contact vendors about brace orders. Coordinate with patients to assist in completing workups. Complete forms prior to physician review Assistance in Operating Room, Inpatient units, and Emergency room Assist physician with application of splints, casts and braces as needed. Modify or split casts as needed. Instruct patients on cast care, brace/splint application and care.
Also note: "This position does provide patient care". Might be redundant.
Minimum Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred
List:
- Education: Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively.
- Experience: Multi-physician office practice experience highly preferred.
- License(s): Current State of Nevada license for Office Laboratory Assistant or Certified Laboratory Assistant or an application must be submitted within 90 days of employment (excludes departments: list many). We need to keep the list? It's long; we should preserve all substantive info. Could be long but we must include. Might be okay.
- Certification(s): BLS certification by American Heart Association within 90 days of hire. Some positions may require DOT and Non-DOT drug testing certifications required at time of hire. Ability to obtain and maintain one of the following certifications required at time of hire: list many certifications (CCMA, CMAC, CMA (AAMA), National Certified Medical Assistant (NCCT), NRCMA, RMA (AMT or AAH), NREMT, State of Nevada EMT certification (basic, advanced, paramedic)).
- Computer / Typing: Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Word and have the ability to use the computer to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.
We also have a disclaimer at end: not intended to be exhaustive list etc. That's boilerplate; we should remove.
We need to output HTML with h3 headings and ul/li for lists, p for prose.
We must not include sections with filler like "not specified". We have all.
Let's craft.
Section About the role: h3 About the role then p containing purpose paragraph.
Section Responsibilities: h3 Responsibilities then we need to list duties. Could combine nature and scope and department specifics into a ul list. But some are prose sentences. We could break into ul items for each duty. Let's extract each duty as list items.
From Nature And Scope bullet-like sentences:
- escorting the patient from the waiting room to the examination room promptly
- taking vital signs as per guidelines
- maintaining examination rooms' stock
- documenting all patient communications
- preparing lab specimens for processing
- completing the necessary referral forms and obtaining authorizations for referrals and keeping records of same
- scheduling patients for tests
- placing and receiving phone calls in order of importance and filing into patient charts to become part of the permanent record
- administering treatments and medications per provider order in accordance with established policies
Challenges maybe not a duty but we could include as responsibilities? Might be considered responsibilities but it's more about challenges. Could include as a paragraph.
Then knowledge/skills: Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meet the standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standard. This is more a requirement.
Professionalism/diplomacy interacting... accurate collecting demographic, clinical and financial information in person or via telephone interviews. This is also a duty.
Keeping abreast of standards to assure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies including third party reimbursement requirements. This is duty.
We could include these as list items as well.
Department-specific duties: many.
Let's create a ul list with all duties (maybe long). Ensure we preserve all.
We'll also include a p for challenges/compliance paragraphs if not easily listified.
But requirement: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So if we have a list, we must use ul/li. For prose, use p. Thus we can have multiple ul sections under Responsibilities. Simplify: Provide one ul with all duties (including department-specific). Might be long but okay. Let's compile duties list: From Nature And Scope: 1. Escorting the patient from the waiting room to the examination room promptly 2. Taking vital signs as per guidelines 3. Maintaining examination rooms' stock 4. Documenting all patient communications 5. Preparing lab specimens for processing 6. Completing the necessary referral forms and obtaining authorizations for referrals and keeping records of same 7. Scheduling patients for tests 8. Placing and receiving phone calls in order of importance and filing into patient charts to become part of the permanent record 9. Administering treatments and medications per provider order in accordance with established policies 10. Demonstrating knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meet the standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standard (maybe more of a requirement) 11. Using professionalism and diplomacy when interacting with patients of all ages, their families, physicians, physician office staff and other health care providers in the accurate collecting of demographic, clinical and financial information in person or via telephone interviews 12. Keeping abreast of all standards to assure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies including third party reimbursement requirements From Department-specific: 13. Applying appropriate casts/splints per physician or practitioner direction using appropriate casting/splinting materials with the body in the appropriate position 14. Fitting casts, splints, and braces to ensure maximum comfort and avoid unnecessary pressures 15. Trimming, splitting, removing casts as required 16. Adjusting braces to physician specification 17. Performing documentation and patient education related to cast, splints, or braces 18. Providing cast care and brace instructions 19. Fitting and instructing on crutches and other mobilization aids 20. Preparing, stocking and cleaning exam rooms per MA requirements 21. Stocking exam rooms, inventorying specialty items and initiating reorder of supplies as needed 22. Maintaining tools and equipment 23. Setting up fluoroscopy machine for care provider use 24. Contacting vendors about brace orders 25. Coordinating with patients to assist in completing workups 26. Completing forms prior to physician review 27. Assisting in Operating Room, Inpatient units, and Emergency room: assisting physician with application of splints, casts and braces as needed 28. Modifying or splitting casts as needed 29. Instructing patients on cast care, brace/splint application and care Also note: "This position does provide patient care" maybe not needed. We'll include these as li. Now Requirements section: h3 Requirements then ul/li for each qualification. List: - Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and effectively. - Multi-physician office practice experience highly preferred. - Current State of Nevada license for Office Laboratory Assistant or Certified Laboratory Assistant or an application must be submitted within 90 days of employment (excludes departments: 200279, 200280, 200282, 200305, 200317, 200386, 200399, 200410, 200415, 515316, 515317, 530279, 530285, 530288, 530308, 530317, 530367, 530396, 530399). - BLS certification by American Heart Association within 90 days of hire. - Some positions may require DOT