MED ASSISTANT CERT - CLIN

Responsibilities

• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, Quality Assessment program, and safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Performs basic nursing procedures such as measuring patient height and weight according to oncology best practice, taking vital signs, and completing ambulatory intake.
• Performs venipunctures and injections, as indicated and allowed by scope of practice.
• Interviews and retrieves initial basic evaluation of patient, inputs information into EMR, and reports to appropriate practitioner.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients and families during visit; demonstrates sensitivity to patient's comfort and privacy by using the AIDET fundamentals of communication.
• Aids physicians or practitioners with examinations, procedures, and other processes related to direct patient care.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and necessary equipment.
• Maintains all required reports, statistics, etc.
• Aids with medical record requests and scanning of documentation into medical record.
• Inspects area daily for compliance with policies, procedures, regulations, and standards and takes corrective action when appropriate.
• Aids with cleaning and re-stocking examination rooms on a daily basis.
• Transports instruments to sterile processing as needed.
• Aids with chart prep and provider schedule management.
• Aids with provider support role as assigned.
• Supports through assistance with note prep, verbal order entry (per scope of practice and leadership guidelines), order proposal, and prescription refill management.
• Competent at reception role – includes professional scripting when answering calls, appropriate documentation of message in message pools, and real-time scheduling/rescheduling of appointments.
• Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills to include appropriate delivery of care according to age-specific needs of the population served.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
• Cooperates with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintains good employee relations, interdepartmental objectives, and infection control policies.
• Attends meetings as required.
• Works with a positive attitude; supports a positive work environment including teamwork within their immediate department and outside their department; and exhibits initiative daily to progress the care for our patients and the success of the department.
• Promotes positive relationships with co-workers.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Completes required education assignments annually.
• Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

Qualifications

• Certified Medical Assistant required.