Medical Assistant - Womens Health

About the role

The Medical Assistant is accountable for assisting the providers in front and back office procedures. The incumbent has the added responsibility of providing a direct liaison between provider and patient, ensuring that any patient questions or concerns have been addressed by the appropriate provider. This position may float to various sites within the health system.

Responsibilities

• Escort the patient from the waiting room to the examination room promptly
• Take vital signs as per guidelines
• Maintain examination rooms' stock
• Document all patient communications
• Prepare lab specimens for processing
• Complete the necessary referral forms and obtain authorizations for referrals and keep records of same
• Schedule patients for tests
• Place and receive phone calls in order of importance and file into patient charts to become part of the permanent record
• Administer treatments and medications per provider order in accordance with established policies
• Fit casts, splints and braces to ensure maximum comfort and avoid unnecessary pressures
• Trim, split, remove casts as required
• Adjust braces to physician specification
• Perform documentation and patient education related to cast, splint or brace
• Provide cast care and brace instructions
• Fit and instruct on crutches and other mobilization aids
• Prepare, stock and clean exam rooms per MA requirements
• Stock exam rooms, inventory specialty items and initiate reorder of supplies as needed
• Maintain tools and equipment
• Setup fluoroscopy machine for care provider use
• Contact vendors about brace orders
• Care for and instruct on cast care, brace/splint application and care
• Aid in operating room, inpatient units and emergency room
• Assist physician with application of splints, casts and braces as needed
• Modify or split casts as needed
• Instruct patients on cast care, brace/splint application and care

Requirements

• Current State of Nevada license for Office Laboratory Assistant or Certified Laboratory Assistant or an application must be submitted within 90 days of employment (excludes departments: 200279, 200280, 200282, 200305, 200317, 200386, 200399, 200410, 200415, 515316, 515317, 530279, 530285, 530288, 530308, 530317, 530367, 530396, 530399)
• Failure to apply for and/or receive license within 90 days will result in discharge
• Current AHA BLS or ability to obtain within 90 days of employment required
• Ability to obtain and maintain one of the following certifications preferred: Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – issued by National Healthcareer Association (NHA), Clinical Medical Assistant Certification (CMAC) – issued by American Medical Certification Association (AMCA), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – issued by American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), National Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) – issued by National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT), Nationally Registered Certified Medical Assistant (NRCMA) – issued by National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP), Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) – issued by American Medical Technologists (AMT) or American Allied Health Association (AAH), National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) State of Nevada EMT certification – (basic, advanced, paramedic)

Qualifications

• Education: Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Experience: Multi-physician office practice experience highly preferred. CMA, RMA, CCMA, NCMA, NRCMA, EMT 1 or completion of an Externship (with leadership approval) preferred.