Job Description
Position summary
Provides general patient care and basic patient education as directed by providers. Performs duties which indirectly support patient care such as PCMH quality measures (prevention & disease), in-house practice services (medical, dental, and behavioral health), recordkeeping, routine laboratory duties, general equipment maintenance, immunizations, and maintaining site supply & medication inventories.
Primary duties and responsibilities
- Skill in assisting with medical procedures, applying sterile dressings, exams, and treatments documentation as needed.
- Triage patients with proper documentation.
- Safely lift, and physically manipulate patients.
- Maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
- Educate patients and/or families as to the nature of disease and to provide instruction on proper care and treatment as instructed by the provider.
- Prepare and process laboratory samples and tests using established protocols.
- Coordinates paperwork for provider that may be needed for referrals, prior authorizations for medications, and diagnostic testing as needed.
- Performs testing including but not limited to lab draws, EKGs, PFTs, drug screens, etc. (training will be provided as needed)
- Enter nursing charges and patient related information into electronic health record software.
- Enter patient information into sample medication log sheets and other assigned log sheets.
- Reviews patient charts, checks in patient, obtain, and record all patient vital signs, histories (allergies, medication, medical surgical, family, and social). Reconciles medication and states initial reason for patient’s visit.
- Directly addresses patient care gaps with patients during visits and between visits by using patient lists to review and act on overdue preventive care needs.
- Participates in quality improvement efforts as evidenced by providing feedback on projects and making suggestions for future improvements.
- Records and reports observed symptoms, reactions, treatments, and changes in patient’s conditions.
- Administers medications and immunizations as per standard of administration and documents in electronic health record.
- Actively participants in in-service education programs as required by practice.
- Maintains and stocks inventory of office and/or clinical supplies as appropriate to position.
- Reports any incidents, maintenance issues, unsafe conditions and/or good catches to supervisor.
- Actively participates in team huddles (organizational planning and their own team).
- Transportation to rotate to any of the DSHC sites as needed.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
- Follows HIPAA, OSHA, Corporate compliance policies and regulations.
- Employee knows DSHC’s 5 core values and demonstrates the specific valued behaviors on a daily basis.
Marginal duties (As assigned)
- Performs
- Perinatal/Prenatal
- Management duties for
- Provider: Monthly accounting of new prenatal patients, delivery information, new baby sex & birth weights, patient reminders, patient education of prenatal cycles/hospital, set appointments for practice & hospital registration, and warm handoffs to delivering physician. All preparation for Uniform Data System (UDS) prenatal delivery and birth weights reporting.
- DOT Medical Exams/Provider Assistance
- Circumcision provider assistance
- IV insertion and monitoring
- Bilingual Skills/Interpretation
Minimum Qualifications
- Graduate of Medical Assistant Program.
- CMA certification in good standing or a Medical Assistant with intent to become certified if not presently or by hire date unless otherwise determined.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS)/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitating (CPR) certification in good standing.
Preferred Qualifications
• 1-3 years of experience medical assisting, M.A. certified
Desert sage health centers | equal opportunity employer
