Medical Assistant - Knightstown Primary Care

We need to extract substantive content and format into HTML with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We have a job posting that seems to be for a Medical Assistant / LPN role. The text includes many sections: Qualifications JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES, Prerequisite Skills, Essential Functions And Responsibilities, Competencies, Certification/License, Additional Licensure/Credential Requirements, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS, WORK CONDITIONS, EQUIPMENT USED, Environemntal Conditions, Licenses & Certifications Preferred, etc. We need to map to the allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what content goes where. - About the role: maybe a brief description of the role. The posting includes "Essential Functions And Responsibilities" which is basically responsibilities. Could also include a summary. We could put a short paragraph summarizing role: "Medical Assistant / LPN providing patient care, clerical, environmental, organizational duties." But we must not invent or summarize away detail; we can paraphrase but must preserve all substantive info. However we can combine info into sections but must not lose detail. The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we cannot create a summary that omits details; we need to keep all details. So we need to output the content under appropriate headings, preserving details. Thus we can have sections: - Responsibilities: include the essential functions list (patient care responsibilities, clerical responsibilities, environmental responsibilities, organizational responsibilities, clinical medical assisting responsibilities). That's a lot; we can put as

• items. - Qualifications: include the job specific core competencies (collect and properly input patient PMH, PSH, Medications, Allergies in EMR; clean exam/procedure rooms, instruments, equipment; check vital signs; prescription verifications). Also maybe include certification/license requirements. - Skills: include prerequisite skills (communication skills, operational knowledge of office equipment, handling confidentiality, teamwork, understanding scheduling/billing software, Intranet/Internet, Excel/Word, email, EMR). Also competencies (professional dress, communication, HIPAA, patient advocate, continual learning, partnerships, IT resources, delegation). Also maybe include computer skills. - Requirements: include education and experience requirements (mandatory continuing education, 3-5 years experience, proficiency in computer skills, organized, communication skills, judgment). Also work conditions (physical/mental demands, equipment used, environmental conditions). Also licensure/certification requirements (LPN active Indiana license preferred, BLS, TB certification preferred, high school diploma/GED, medical assistant program accredited). Also maybe include "Certification to work in a clinical role providing direct patient care required." - Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not present in the posting. So we should NOT include those sections. - About the role: maybe we can include a brief overview from the start: The posting didn't have an explicit "About the role" heading, but we could infer from the first lines? The text starts with "Qualifications JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES:" So there is no explicit about role. We could still create an About the role section using a summary of the role derived from the responsibilities, but that would be summarizing. The instruction says do NOT invent or summarize away detail. However creating an About the role section that is a summary might be considered summarizing away detail? It's not necessarily omitting detail if we still keep details elsewhere. But we might be adding a section that wasn't explicitly in the posting; is that allowed? The instruction: "IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we need real specific content for About the role. Does the posting have real specific content that could be considered "About the role"? It doesn't have a distinct "About the role" paragraph, but the responsibilities and qualifications together describe the role. However we could treat the first paragraph (maybe missing) as about role. Since there is none, we should not create an About the role section. Thus we will output sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Requirements. Possibly also "Certifications" but we can fold into Requirements or Qualifications. We must not repeat the job title as a heading. No Job ID etc. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract details precisely. First, list of Qualifications JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES: - Collect and properly input patient PMH, PSH, Medications, and Allergies in EMR. - Clean exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits. - Check patient vital signs (BP, HR, O2, Temp.). - Prescription verifications with physician orders That's under "Qualifications JOB SPECIFIC CORE COMPETENCIES". We'll put under

  Qualifications

  as a list. Next, Prerequisite Skills: - Demonstrated communication skills to effectively communicate with management, providers, and patients. - Operational knowledge of telephones, fax machines, postage machines, and other office equipment. - Demonstrated ability in handling patient confidentiality. - Ability to work with peers in a team situation and create a positive work environment for team members. - Demonstrate a functional and technical understanding of applicable scheduling and billing software, Intranet and Internet usage, Excel/Word software, E-mail Usage and Web-based applications. - Required to check e-mail daily and use as a source of internal and external communication. - Required to understand and utilize electronic medical record technology. We'll put under

  Skills

  as list. Next, Essential Functions And Responsibilities: broken into categories. We need to capture all bullet points. Let's extract each bullet: Fulfills patient care responsibilities as assigned that may include: - checking schedules and organizing patient flow; - accompanying patients to exam/procedure room; - assisting patients as needed with walking transfers, dressing, collecting specimens, preparing for exam, etc.; - collecting patient history; - performing screenings per provider guidelines; - assisting physicians/nurses with various procedures; - charting; - relaying instructions to patients/families; - answering calls, and providing pertinent information. Fulfills clerical responsibilities as assigned that may include: - advising business manager of the need to send medical records, - receives medical records that have been requested; - obtaining lab/X-ray reports, hospital notes, referral information, etc.; - completing forms/requisitions as needed; - scheduling appointments; - verifying patient demographics; - managing and updating charts to ensure that information is complete and filed appropriately. Fulfills environmental responsibilities as assigned that may include: - setting up instruments and equipment per department protocols; - cleaning exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control; - cleaning sterilizer per scheduled maintenance program and keeping appropriate records; - ordering, sorting, storing supplies except for vaccines; - and restocking exam/procedure rooms. Fulfills organizational responsibilities as assigned including: - respecting/promoting patient rights; - responding appropriately to emergency codes; - sharing problems relating to patients and/or staff with immediate supervisor. Fulfills clinical medical assisting responsibilities that within scope of practice as described by nurse practice act, which may include: - medical/surgical asepsis, sterilization, instrument wrapping and autoclaving; - checking vital signs; - physical examination preparations; - clinical pharmacology; - drug administration through various routes including injections; - prescription verifications with physician’s orders; - minor surgery assists including surgical tray set-up pre/post-surgical care, applying dressings, and suture removal; - biohazard waste disposal and monitoring; - therapeutic modalities; - instructing patients with assistive devices, body mechanics, and home care; - laboratory procedures including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines; - quality control methods; - CLIA-waived testing; - capillary punctures and venipuncture; - specimen handling such as urine, throat, vaginal, stool, and sputum; - electrocardiography including mounting, emergency triage, and first aid. Medical assistants must adhere to the MA scope of practice in the laboratory. Other duties as assigned. We'll put all these under

  Responsibilities

  as a list, maybe grouping but we can just list each item. Next, Competencies: - Demonstrates professional/appropriate dress, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and effective written communication skills - Understands HIPAA guidelines and regulations, acknowledges patient rights - Stands as a patient advocate, with appropriate empathy, resolve and respect in communication and actions with patient and family. - Recognizes opportunity for improvement regarding patient concerns. - Demonstrates continual learning, utilizes evidence-based practice to affect change. - Cultivates effective partnerships and collaborations with providers - Understands IT resources - Appropriately delegates to ensure optimal operational workflow We could put these under Skills as well, but we already have Skills for prerequisite skills. Could combine or separate. Since we have only four allowed headings, we can put competencies under Skills as well (makes sense). Or we could put under Qualifications? But Qualifications already used for core competencies. Better to put under Skills. Next, Certification/License: - Certification to work in a clinical role providing direct patient care required. - LPN must possess active current Indiana licensure. - BLS certification thru the American Heart Association (AHA) and TB certification thru the American Lung Association (ALA) preferred. Additional Licensure/Credential Requirements: - High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED). - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) not required, but must have active license within the state of Indiana. - Medical Assistants must have graduated from a medical assisting program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). We'll put these under Requirements (or Qualifications). Since they are about licensure/certification, maybe Requirements. Next, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: - Mandatory Continuing Education: Customer Service, Fire and Safety, Corporate Compliance (including Confidentiality), Infection Control, and education required by regulatory, accreditation bodies, scope of practice, and/or Hancock Regional Hospital. - Three to five years of recent experience working in a medical practice as a certified medical assistant, or LPN. - Must be proficient in computer skills, including Microsoft Office (specifically Word and Excel), self-disciplined, energetic, and passionate. - Should be highly organized and be well-developed in oral and written communication skills. - Must demonstrate sound judgment, decision-making and problem-solving skills. We'll put under Requirements as well. Next, WORK CONDITIONS: Physical/Mental Demands: - Standing, sitting, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, and crawling as needed more than 2/3 of day - Manual dexterity, as used for performing intricate procedures, assembling medical equipment, caring for patients, typing, etc. - Vision requirements include but are not limited to close vision, distant vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. This may include ability to read thermometers, electronic scales, etc. - Hearing requirements include but are not limited to hearing and responding to monitors, pagers, phones, equipment alarms or patients calling for assistance. - Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. EQUIPMENT USED: - Computer, Telephone, Printer, Fax Machine, Copy Machine Environemntal Conditions Works inside We'll put under Requirements as well (or maybe a separate section but we don't have a heading for work conditions; we can include under Requirements). Licenses & Certifications Preferred: AAMA-CMA (maybe we already covered). We'll include under Requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer etc is boilerplate to remove. Now we need to output HTML with headings

  and lists

  • for any list of duties/requirements