Medical Assistant (MA, CNA) - Hospitalists

Medical Assistant

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Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest medical practices in New England with multiple locations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. We consist of a team of professionals ranging from Medical Assistants to Physician Assistants and everything in between. Our physician led medical group enjoys an excellent reputation with patients and the medical community, offering primary care, urgent care and more than 30 different specialties.

Job Description

Provides basic clinical and clerical support in the delivery of patient care within the Medical Assistant scope of education. The Medical Assistant experiences continued training of all aspects of the Medical Assistant role.

Clinical Duties

Provides direct patient care under direction of provider, including but not limited to vitals, allergy/medical reconciliation, screenings, patient history, health maintenance, advance directives and virtual health.

Conducts point of care testing including quality control and documentation.

Assists providers with in-house procedures as needed.

Under direction of providers and nurses, provides other treatments and care to patients appropriate to training, as assigned.

Prepares and assists patients undergoing treatments, examinations, and procedures.

Floats to other offices based on business needs.

Administrative Duties

Our admission pager role is responsible for ensuring tracking of all patients transitioning through the department of medicine. They work alongside physicians and advanced practitioners to help document our daily census. They will receive messages from different areas of the hospital such as the ED, ICU, SD and other services and add them to our daily sign out to confirm all patients are accounted for. An advanced practitioner will be assigned as your backup daily to assist in direct admissions from outside hospitals and help you with any process questions that may arise.

Job Responsibilities

Receive Tiger Texts (TT) from different teams and providers and distribute those TT to the correct person on our team for review based on provided algorithm

Track new patients coming onto our service on our daily sign out and in EPIC until a bed is assigned

Assign an attending to new patients based on provided staffing list and algorithm

Update the daily pager sheet with oncoming staff based on our weekly transition

Qualifications

Education: Diploma from an accredited Medical Assistant program OR an active CT CNA, EMT, Paramedic or Medic Certification OR relative experience as outlined below.

Certified BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date. All required credentials to be maintained throughout employment.

In lieu of education requirement, at least one year of experience in direct patient care (acute or ambulatory space) may be considered. Relevant experience or MA externship in a busy medical office preferred. EPIC EMR experience preferred.