Provide clinical and administrative support in a pediatric primary care setting, including performing screenings, collecting specimens, and managing patient data. LPNs additionally implement nursing care plans, perform laboratory tests, and conduct patient assessments under physician direction.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be graduates of an approved Medical Assisting program or Practical Nursing school with a current Ohio LPN license if applicable. BLS certification through AHA or American Red Cross is required.
professional certificatePatient MonitoringSchedulingPatient EducationData EntryPatient RegistrationNursing AssessmentBasic Life SupportSpecimen CollectionMedical DocumentationMedication ManagementClinical ProficiencyClinical Screenings
Job description
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Job Title Medical Assistant/LPN - Pediatric Primary Care & Specialties Location Twinsburg Facility Twinsburg Family Health Center Department Twinsburg Gen Peds-Regional Operations Job Code C15016 Shift Days Schedule 7:30am-5:00pm/8:00am-8:00pm Job Summary Job Details Join Cleveland Clinic’s Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center to become a caregiver at one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
This state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to providing the community with advanced specialty care, primary care and various surgical services.
Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding, lifelong career at Cleveland Clinic.
Twinsburg FHC provides comprehensive Pediatric Primary Care services to children and teens to help promote healthy development and overall wellness.
As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will support your fellow caregivers and healthcare staff by performing various administrative and medical tasks.
This role is integral to the organization and functioning of the department, allowing you to leave a lasting impact on patients, families and caregivers every day.
As a Medical Assistant on this team, you will play a vital role in creating a welcoming and supportive environment for patients, families, and visitors.
You’ll work collaboratively with fellow staff to support medication management, patient monitoring, and a variety of administrative and clinical tasks.
This position offers a unique opportunity to broaden their clinical experience by engaging in a wide range of responsibilities across patient care, compliance, and coordination with interdisciplinary teams.
This position will also consider an LPN.
As an LPN, you will assist fellow caregivers in providing exceptional, top-quality care to a diverse patient population.
In this role, you can make a lasting difference in the lives of patients, all while enhancing your nursing skills through hands-on experience and numerous educational resources offered within the Cleveland Clinic system.
A caregiver in this role will work Monday through Friday between 7:30am and 5:00pm on a day/evening rotation until 8:00pm.
Weekends may be required based on facility needs.
A caregiver who excels in this role will: Assist with performing screenings and treatments by gathering and updating information related to health maintenance, identifying medication changes, updating allergy information, collecting specimens, performing tests and documenting patient care.
Monitor and communicate changes in patient condition.
Maintain equipment, medical supplies and examination areas.
Perform administrative/clerical duties, such as filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.
OR AS AN LPN: Provide patient care activities under the direction of an RN and/or physician.
Collect and document objective and subjective data and observations about patients.
Complete nursing assessments and report all data.
Implement the current nursing care plan, medication or treatment and communicate patients’ responses.
Observe patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments.
Perform routine laboratory tests.
Educate patients and family members.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Graduate from an approved Medical Assisting Program. (As designated by the Enterprise MA Steering Committee) OR Military training as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1) will be considered Completion of a clinical externship (Extensive clinical experience may be considered in lieu of formal clinical externship) Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (within new hire period) Current demonstrated clinical proficiency OR FOR AN LPN Graduate of an approved school of Practical Nursing Current Ohio license as a Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Medical Assisting Certification Successful completion of Cleveland Clinic Externship One year of patient care experience (for an LPN) Physical Requirements: Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.
Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.
Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.
Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
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The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.
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