Oncology Palliative Clinic MA

Responsibilities

• Prepares patients for examinations and diagnostic procedures.
• Reports all observed patient concerns and changes in condition to a licensed staff member.
• Performs CLIA-waived lab tests as identified by department and reports results to the appropriate personnel.
• Performs additional skills such as suture removal, straight catheterization, and injections (IM, Subq, and intra-dermal).
• Acts as a chaperone for health care providers during patient examination as requested and assists with procedures.
• Maintains and cleans assigned patient examination rooms, unit areas, and equipment.
• Answers telephones, forwards telephone messages, and schedules appointments, procedures, and diagnostic tests.
• Assists with routine clerical functions such as filing medical information, locating and compiling department charts, obtaining medical records, and entering charges for billing purposes.
• Attends and completes mandatory education including infection prevention and control, safety, CPR, equipment usage and procedures according to hospital and department policies.
• May perform patient phlebotomies and assist with transportation of patients to ancillary departments or inpatient units as directed by licensed staff.
• May instruct in Basic Life Support (BLS) requirements.
• May perform IV access.
• May perform other duties based on department assigned.

Qualifications

• Licenses Required: Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system.
• One of the following licenses: Current Advanced EMT certification with the State of Utah, Current certification as a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) through AAMAC, Current certification to practice as a Paramedic in the State of Utah, Currently credentialed in ABR-OE (Assessment-Based Recognition in Order Entry) through AAMA, Current certification as a Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) through AMT, Current certification as a National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) through NCCT, Current Clinical Medical Assistant Certification through NHA, Current certification as a NRCMA - Medical Assistant through the National Association for Health Professionals.
• (Preferred): Working Conditions and Physical Demands: Intermediate working conditions in a healthcare setting that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving patients or objects, such as medical equipment, while providing patient care. Exposure to potentially dangerous contaminated bodily fluids, blood, used needles, and other contaminants as part of the daily hazards of the job.
• Physical Requirements: Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Crawling, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Tasting or Smelling, Walking.