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Medical Assistant - Full Time - Oncology (may be eligible for $1,000 sign on bonus)

Barton Health

  • South Lake Tahoe, CA
  • 18 days ago

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    n \n\u25cf The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.\n \n\u25cf The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch for extended periods of time.\n \n\u25cf Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, adequate near and distant vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.\n \n\u25cf Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients.\n \n\u25cf The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.\n \nWorking Conditions \n \nThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. \n\u25cf Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and waste.\n \n\u25cf Subject to hazards of flammable and explosive gases.\n \n\u25cf Subject to varying and unpredictable situations, including the handling of urgent, emergent or crisis situations.\n \n\u25cf Subject to pressure due to irregular hours, (Urgent Care: weekend hours, holiday hours) frequent interruptions and stressful situations due to multiple demands.\n

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    LocationSouth Lake Tahoe, CA

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    • 5 days a week - 8 hour shifts *\n \nSummary of Position: \n \nThe Medical Assistant (MA) works with all members of the care team by performing a variety of clinical and administrative patient-related duties as established in the roles and responsibilities defined below. The MA works to fulfill a variety of patient needs and ensures smooth patient flow within the department. The MA provides comfortable, safe, professional care for clinic patients, and provides all assistance required to successfully schedule and complete patient appointments. The MA demonstrates the ability to meet the needs and provide services to all age-groups from infancy to geriatrics and is competent in providing services to a culturally diverse population.\n \nQualifications\n \nEducation:\n \n\u25cf High school diploma or GED preferred. \n \n\u25cf College level coursework in the delivery of care in a medical clinic preferred.\n \n\u25cf Medical Assistant certification as recognized by The Medical Board of California or a nationally recognized certification agency. \n \n\u25cf OR completion of a Medical Assistant program including a clinical externship\n \n\u25cf OR one year of recent Medical Assistant experience. \n \n\u25cf Ability to obtain certification as recognized by the Medical Board of California or a nationally recognized certification agency within 18 months of hire. \n \nMinimum Experience:\n \n\u25cf One to three years' recent experience as a Medical Assistant preferred\n \n\u25cf Float MA positions require at least two years of recent MA experience \n \n\u25cf Ambulatory care/physician office experience preferred. \n \n\u25cf Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice experience preferred.\n \nKnowledge/Skills/Abilities:\n \n\u25cf Proficiency in clinical skills and office procedures.\n \n\u25cf Computer and keyboard experience, including charting in electronic medical records.\n \n\u25cf Excellent communication and customer service skills, flexible, and strong sense of teamwork. \n \n\u25cf Ability to effectively communicate in English, in compliance with patient safety standards. Bilingual abilities preferred.\n \n\u25cf Working knowledge of quality improvement measures and the Patient-Centered Medical Home. \n \nCertifications/Licensure:\n \n\u25cf Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification from the American Heart Association, or ability to obtain prior to start date.\n \nPhysical Demands\n \nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. \n \n\u25cf While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, and talk or hear. \n \n\u25cf The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.\n \n\u25cf The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch for extended periods of time.\n \n\u25cf Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, adequate near and distant vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.\n \n\u25cf Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients.\n \n\u25cf The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.\n \nWorking Conditions \n \nThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\n \n\u25cf Routine Hospital/Healthcare & Office/Administrative conditions.\n \n\u25cf Contact with patients and guests under a wide variety of circumstances.\n \n\u25cf Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases.\n \n\u25cf Exposure to infections and contagious disease.\n \n\u25cf Exposed to hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and waste.\n \n\u25cf Subject to hazards of flammable and explosive gases.\n \n\u25cf Subject to varying and unpredictable situations, including the handling of urgent, emergent or crisis situations.\n \n\u25cf Subject to pressure due to irregular hours, (Urgent Care: weekend hours, holiday hours) frequent interruptions and stressful situations due to multiple demands.\n \n\u25cf Occasional travel to various health system locations. \n \nEssential Functions\n \n1. Provides consistently exceptional care at all times.\n \n2. Support the quality programs and processes of the Barton Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) or Patient Centered Specialty Practice teams \n \n3. Assists the care team by collecting patient care data and reports findings to licensed staff. Escorts patients to exam rooms, takes weight and vital signs and obtains chief complaint/ reason for visit. Obtains social, family, personal and surgical history, reviews current medications with dosage, documents pharmacy preference, allergies and adverse drug reactions, conducts all appropriate health screenings and documents fall risk, performs point of care testing.\n \n4. Assists licensed staff with minor diagnostic procedures and treatments, including sterilizing and setting up instruments, preparing examination rooms and instruments, assisting provider with procedure and stocking supplies.\n \n5. At the direction of licensed staff, provides understandable explanations, and educates patients and families regarding treatments and interventions.\n \n6. Schedules patients for testing procedures. Obtains tests results and ensures that lab reports, x-rays, outside progress notes/medical records, and other information is in the medical record prior to the appointment.\n \n7. Labels and maintains proper storage for specimens and tests.\n \n8. Processes requests for prescription medication refills according to protocol.\n \n9. Administers medications within scope of practice and training.\n \n10. Cleans and disinfects room counters, exam tables and instruments after each use.\n \n11. Recognizes signs and symptoms of acute medical or physiological conditions and immediately reports such circumstances to a registered nurse, mid-level provider or physician.\n \n12. Documents all aspects of patient care in the electronic medical record system. Assists with charge capture entry as needed. \n \n13. Cross trains to cover other departments and flexibility to cover as needed.\n \n14. Actively participates in team huddles and care team meetings.\n \n15. Responds to the needs of the department by performing other duties, as necessary.\n\n

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