CMA/LPN/Clinic Tech

Responsibilities

• Obtains vital signs and general health information for patient chart and prepares patients for examination.
• Maintains patient health record in an up-to-date status especially regarding pain assessment and current medication sheet.
• Affirms documentation is complete, concise, and correct.
• Prepares and maintains exam rooms and medical equipment for patient visits.
• Contributes to plan of care for individuals and groups of patients utilizing all principles to reduce medication errors when handling or calling in medications or refills.
• Demonstrates initiative in suggesting and implementing problem solving approaches and planning performance of service.
• Prepares and maintains exam rooms and medical equipment for patient visits regarding all safety checks and HIPAA guidelines and adapt same HIPAA principles to chart documentation and exposure, as well as discussing PHI in front of anyone other than patient.
• Triages patients and enters accurate and concise data into the EMR while paying attention to spelling and clarity.
• Navigates the EMR system in an efficient manner.
• Facilitates quality care management thru best practice utilization of the clinic EMR.
• Promotes continuity of care seen by appropriate actions notes and prompt follow up.
• Answers phones, routes calls and or takes accurate message.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency relating to patient's level of distress.
• Triares basic patient care needs, generating a telephone encounter depending upon the situation.
• Affirm a duplicate message has not already been started.

Requirements

• Bilingual is preferred
• CMA - Graduate of accredited program of Certified Medical Assistants. Prefer at least one year of clinical experience in family care practice.
• LPN - Graduate of accredited program of Licensed Practical Nurse. Prefer at least one year of clinical experience in family care practice.
• Paramedic - Current NC EMT-Paramedic Certification Current BLS Prefer at least one year of clinical experience in a clinical setting.