Medical Assistant

• Area of Interest: Allied Health

• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.01

• Department: Occupational Hlth/Workwell

• Shift: PRN

• Job ID: 171441

Overview

The Work Well Drug screening assistant is responsible for implementing and maintaining policies and procedures in the drug screening program and to ensure the delivery of drug screening services to the Corporate Health clients.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options focused on your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in. Here are just a few:    

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.

• Dental, health and vision insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Join our team of experts and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

• Is aware of hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse. Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of department or hospital administrative staff.

• Purposefully conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the hospital’s commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity.

• Performs drug screen collection, consistently ensuring forms are filled out completely and accurately to avoid recollections or rejection of specimens.

• Performs breath alcohol testing, consistently ensuring forms are filled out completely and accurately.

• Alert to potentially hazardous situations.

• Maintains positive relationship with members of administrative and management groups, medical staff and Corporate Health clients.

• Communicates with other members of the Interdisciplinary Team.

• Maintains Patient health records.

• Compliance with regulatory standards.

• Participates in change and assists with implementation of new ideas.

• Participates in innovative services to enhance the environment for patients, family’s visitors.

• Helps support and works within the budget.

• Applies current cost containment concepts.

• Participates in Quality assurance.

• Complies with state and Federal and local laws.

• Complies with voluntary accreditation as accepted by the hospital. (JCAHO, CAP, AABB, NRC, CARF).

• Assists nursing staff in the planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care.

Qualifications

• Skilled, organized and efficient in performing required medical assistant activities.

• Self directed and detail oriented in a lab setting.

• Drug Screen collection

• Breath Alcohol Testing.

• Collection of venipuncture specimens with skill and compassion.

• Prior acute hospital experience may be of benefit also.

• CPR training.

• Excellent customer service skills