Medical Assistant/LPN Ambulatory - Colon and Rectal Surgery

About the role

Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center is a state-of-the-art facility offering advanced specialty care, primary care, and surgical services. We provide various upper and lower endoscopic diagnostic procedures to diagnose abdominal or chest pain, nausea and vomiting, heartburn, bleeding, and swallowing disorders.

Responsibilities

• Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests, and documenting patient care.
• Maintain equipment, medical supplies, and examination areas.
• Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry, and patient registration.
• For LPNs: Provide patient care activities under the direction of an RN and/or physician. Collect and document objective and subjective data and observations about patients. Complete nursing assessments and report all data. Implement the current nursing care plan, medication or treatment, and communicate patients’ responses. Observe patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments. Perform routine laboratory tests. Educate patients and family members.

Requirements

• Graduate from an approved medical assisting program OR military training as a hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1).
• Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications: Graduate from an approved medical assisting program OR military training as a hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) OR Completion of a clinical externship OR extensive clinical experience OR Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Preferred qualifications: Medical Assisting certification Successful completion of a Cleveland Clinic externship One year of patient care experience.

Skills

Manual dexterity to operate office equipment. May require extended periods of standing, walking, or sitting. Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision. Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Pay Range Minimum hourly: $19.75 Maximum hourly: $27.75