Medical Assistant - Message Management, Northgate (40 hrs)

About the role

Kaiser Permanente Washington serves over 700,000 members across the state of Washington and is growing! We believe that achieving total health for our members takes teamwork and we are looking for exceptional team members who thrive on delivering an exceptional experience for our members and patients. Kaiser Permanente Washington is recognized as a best place to work that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, practices mentorship, and believes in a positive, healthy work environment. Our Medical Assistants (MA) play a critical role and are key to our promise on delivering an exceptional patient experience. As an MA at Kaiser Permanente you will be part of a world class care team working with outstanding nurses, physicians, physicians assistants and nurse practitioners to provide the best care possible. Join us in our mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Collection of selected data about health status of the patient.
• Determines consumers purpose for visit, concerns and educational/physical needs.
• Checks and records consumers vital signs.
• Records pertinent data on the consumers medical record.
• Recognizes urgent/emergent situations and refers them in a timely fashion to physician or nurse.
• Participates with other health team members in the development of the nursing care plan.
• Contributes pertinent information to the nursing plan of care and passes it on to appropriate professional provider.
• Follows through and implements the nursing plan of care safely and completely according to role and team specifications.
• Documents accurate information in proper format.
• Communicates in an attentive and individualized manner in every encounter.
• Participates in the coordination and facilitation of care for the patient.
• Cooperates and communicates effectively with other team members in order to accomplish the workload.
• Recognizes and reports obvious psychosocial, cultural and/or emotional needs.
• Verifies the patients understanding of the purpose