Registered/Certified Medical Assistant

Registered/Certified Medical Assistant

We are looking for a Medical Assistant to work in our Community Health Center in Southeastern Utah. Our clinic is a dynamic place to work, practice, and grow. We have 4 primary care health centers and deliver integrated services including behavioral health, Pharmacy, Dental, specialty referrals, chronic disease management, health education, and much, much more. UNHS will be hiring 1 Full-time position. The candidates will have experience working experience in one or more of the following: Screening patients and assisting a medical team. Guiding patients through healthcare processes.

Experience, Training, and Qualifications needed to perform the job:

• Certification or registration within state of Utah
• One year certificate from an accredited college or university
• Must be able to safely lift, push and pull fifty (50) pounds or more above waist

Requirements:

• Document patient assessment in patient's health record prior to patient scheduled appointment or walk-in time slot with provider.
• Document with red-ink on patient super-bill to identify changes or abnormal vital signs if provider or patient's nurse is unavailable.
• Document patient orders with verbal order read back (VORB) to provider or standing orders (SO) within a 24 hour time frame of patient's visit.
• Document nursing interventions, evaluations, and notification to patient provider to patient's health record within a 24 hour time frame of patient's visit.
• Document patient/family and healthcare team communication regarding appointments, labs, referrals, and medical records, including faxed/requested items, in patient's health record within a 24 hour time frame of patient/family and healthcare team communication.
• Maintain record of certifications and trainings obtained within a calendar year
• Document assigned room cleaning and expired supply removal and return document to your supervisor on a monthly basis
• Schedule and hold monthly or quarterly rounding meeting with your direct supervisor.

Site with Opening: Blanding Family Practice Community Health Center Blanding, UT

Hiring Organization: Utah Navajo Health System