Medical Assistant - Family Practice

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?" which is like an intro. Then "Job Summary", "Responsibilities", "Job Requirements", "Skills/Knowledge/Abilities", "Physical Requirements", "Job Hazards", "About Methodist". We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should only include sections where there is real specific content. We have schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm (given). So we can include Schedule section. Benefits: not explicitly mentioned except "competitive pay, excellent benefits". That's vague but we have mention of competitive pay and excellent benefits. The rule: do NOT create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It says "We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment". That's a statement of benefits, albeit generic. Should we include Benefits? The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state competitive pay and excellent benefits, so we can include Benefits and Pay sections? Pay: "competitive pay" is mentioned. That's a statement of pay but not specific amount. The rule also says: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". "competitive pay" could be considered vague but it's still a statement. Might be okay. However they said prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Might combine Pay and Benefits? But we have separate headings allowed. Could include Pay with short paragraph "Competitive pay offered." Benefits: "Excellent benefits offered." Might be considered filler? Not sure. Safer to include Schedule (specific), Responsibilities (detailed), Requirements (education, experience, licensure), Skills (knowledge/abilities), About the role (the intro about meaning of care). Also maybe include About Methodist (description of organization) as About the role? Actually About the role is for role description; About Methodist could be considered "About the role"? Not exactly. Could treat "About Methodist" as "About the role"? Might be better to include a section "About the role" covering the introductory paragraph about Meaning of Care and work environment. Then "Responsibilities". Then "Requirements" covering education, experience, license/certifications. Then "Skills" covering Skills/Knowledge/Abilities. Then "Schedule". Possibly also "Physical Requirements" and "Job Hazards" but those are not in allowed headings list; we cannot create new headings. So we must drop them or incorporate into existing sections? The instruction: Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So only those headings allowed. We cannot add Physical Requirements or Job Hazards headings. We must either omit that info or fold into other sections (like Requirements or Skills). But we must preserve ALL substantive information; cannot drop. So we need to embed physical requirements and job hazards into allowed sections, maybe under Requirements or Skills? Could add a

within Requirements that includes physical requirements and hazards. That would preserve info while not creating new headings. Similarly, we could put About Methodist info under About the role or maybe a separate section? Not allowed. Could fold into About the role. Thus we will produce sections:

About the role

with paragraph containing the "Why work for..." intro and also description of Nebraska Methodist Health System (About Methodist). Could combine.

Responsibilities

with

• list of duties from Responsibilities section.

  Requirements

  with
  • for education, experience, license/certifications, plus maybe physical requirements and job hazards as list items? Could be separate

    paragraphs. But we need to preserve all info. Could do

    for each bullet. Better: Use

    • for list of duties/requirements/benefits. For requirements we can list education, experience, license/certifications as
    • . For physical requirements and job hazards we could also list as
    • under Requirements (though they are not strictly requirements but still info). That would preserve.

      Skills

      with
      • for skills/knowledge/abilities.

        Schedule

        with

        Monday through Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm. We might also include Pay and Benefits sections if we want, but we can avoid to keep fewer sections. However we must preserve info about competitive pay and excellent benefits. Could fold into About the role paragraph: "We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment". That satisfies. Thus final HTML fragment:

        About the role

        Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System? At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in. About Methodist Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission. Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.

        Responsibilities

        • Joint (Floor and Phone) Medical Home
        • Documents all lab, procedures, and appointments on tracking forms.
        • Completes tracking forms and follows up on missed appointments and procedures.
        • Assists Health Coaches by working patient lists and scheduling appointments as directed.
        • At the direction of the provider provides patient and family education to ensure adequate knowledge/awareness and recommends appropriate community resources as needed.
        • Educates/instructs patients according to provider's direction 98% of the time.
        • Performs telephone triage to determine patient needs by recording and reporting patient condition to provider and advising patient based on provider instructions.
        • Receives and returns patient calls within 90 minutes based on medical priority 95% of the time.
        • Accurately records and reports patient's condition according to department policy 98% of the time.
        • Maintains work areas to ensure healthy environmental conditions by cleaning and organizing equipment and rooms.
        • Maintains clean and organized work area according to department/provider protocol 99% of the time.
        • Handles prescription renewals/inquiries to facilitate patient care. Discusses questions with provider and relays information to pharmacy.
        • Handles prescription refills according to department/provider protocols 99% of the time.
        • Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the “Age Specific Criteria”. Completes Age Specific Quiz annually.
        • Floor Prepares exam rooms and equipment to facilitate treatment and examination of patients by setting up instruments/equipment and stocking supplies.
        • Prepares exam rooms and medical equipment according to provider protocol 95% of the time.
        • Prepares patient for provider exam by reviewing medical records, weighing patient, checking vital signs, performing medication reconciliation and obtaining information relevant to patient care.
        • Prepares patient for exam by following provider protocol and company policies 95% of the time.
        • Assists providers to facilitate patient treatment by retrieving tests and medical records and obtaining lab work as directed.
        • Obtains provider requested tests, records, and lab work 95% of the time.
        • Dispense medications at the direction of a provider to patients. Registered Nurse and Licensed Practical Nurse instruct patients and family members regarding education and treatment to ensure patients completely understand how to take the medication correctly.
        • Assists and/or performs phlebotomy with proper labeling and handling of specimens, accurately completes requisitions, and collects specimens according to standard procedures/protocols and performing and documenting quality control activities.
        • Performs above procedure according to clinic policy and procedures 95% of the time.
        • Ensures accuracy of order entry and completes appropriate documentation without error at least 98% of the time.
        • Assists providers to facilitate patient treatment by ordering and scheduling tests as directed.
        • Orders and schedules tests 95% of the time.
        • Phone Answering Phone CallsAnswers calls according to protocol at least 98% of the time.
        • Returning Phone MessagesReturns phone messages according to protocol at least 98% of the time.
        • Providing Test ResultsProvides test results according to protocol at least 98% of the time.
        • Pharmacy RefillsAccurately completes pharmacy request 100% of the time.

        Requirements

        • Education: Completion of an approved Medical Assistant Program required. Program must include an externship/preceptorship in a clinical setting OR must have 6 months of current experience working in the capacity of a medical assistant. OR Currently enrolled in a nursing program with half of nursing courses completed required. Transcripts must be provided indicating classes have been passed.
        • Experience: 6 months previous medical assistant experience preferred.
        • License/Certifications: Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire. Medication Aide Registry (MAR or MAR.40) required within 2 months of hire date.
        • Physical Requirements: Weight Demands Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force. Physical Activity Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting; Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Balancing, Carrying, Crouching, Distinguish colors, Keyboarding/typing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive Motions, Stooping/bending, Twisting; Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Grasping, Hearing, Reaching, Seeing/Visual, Speaking/talking, Standing (Floor Only), Walking (Floor Only), Sitting (Phone Only).
        • Job Hazards: Not Related: Electrical Shock/Static, Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means); Rare (1%-33%): Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, C at Scan, Gamma Knife, etc); Occasionally (34%-66%): Equipment/Machinery/Tools, Explosives (pressurized gas), Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment); Frequent (67%-100%): Biological agents (primary air born