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Medical Assistant I

St Elizabeth Community Hospital

#BLS #Medical Assistant #Acute Care #RQI #AHA #AAMA #NCCT #Outpatient Care #Family Practice #NHA

Quick overview

The Medical Assistant is responsible for preparing patient charts and providing direct clinical care under the supervision of a nurse or practitioner. Key duties include obtaining vital signs, performing diagnostic tests like EKGs, and maintaining clean exam rooms.

Requirements summary

Candidates must have at least one year of experience in an outpatient medical office and a current AHA Basic Life Support certification. An associate degree and a recognized Medical Assistant certification (e.g., AAMA, NCCT, NHA) are preferred.

associate degreeprofessional certificatePatient CarePatient ChartingClinical DocumentationVital Signs MeasurementAseptic TechniqueSpecimen CollectionEKGSpirometryVision TestingPatient TriageHearing TestingMedical Office Operations

Job description

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St.
Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California.
Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center.
Additionally, St.
Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.
One Community.
One Mission.
One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Medical Assistant, you'll keep the day running smoothly and efficiently for your patients and clinical team.
Every day, you will take the lead on proactively preparing patient charts, ensuring all information is obtained and up-to-date for those seen in our facility.
You can expect to have multiple patients daily depending on the number of physicians are on-site.
Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others, work efficiently, and your empathy for our patients.
Assists in the delivery of direct patient care under the oversight of a Registered Nurse and/or licensed medical practitioner and receives written and/or oral assignments and direction Obtains labs or procedure results, if not in chart, vital signs, chief complaint, reason for visit, allergies, current phone number and family list Documents patient care activities and patient data accurately using appropriate documentation forms and/or information systems Ensures exam rooms are clean which includes cleaning surgical equipment, preparing for delivery to central supply and disinfecting all patient contact equipment Performs required skills such as, but not limited to, vital sign measurement, aseptic technique, non-invasive specimen collection, spirometry, hearing testing, vision testing and EKGs, etc Observes patients carefully for significant changes and alerts RN and/or Practitioner immediately as appropriate Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire.
This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

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