Medical / Healthcare CNA

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Work Shift

The Medical Assistant functions under the direction of the Physician, Clinical Lead, Clinical Nurse Supervisor, Nurse Supervisor and/or Office Manager. Provides care for the patient under the physician's direction. Includes preparing patient for exams, assisting during treatments, coordinating tests and follow-up care and recording treatment in the medical record. Demonstrates competency and skills to serve patients of all ages including neonate, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations. Performs other duties as necessary related to front office registration, laboratory testing, and radiology functions within a specialty setting.

Register patient upon entrance to facility

• Perform all necessary registration operations
• Prepare equipment and rooms and aid physician with treatment of patients
• Rotate among various clinical and non-clinical service areas such as lab, x-ray, and front office
• Process images and review for proper identification and quality control.
• Properly start lab equipment daily and maintain daily logs and documentation requested
• Draw blood samples from patients and perform Point of Care testing
• Order and stock supplies weekly
• Perform daily quality control and cleaning procedures according to guidelines
• Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
• keeping the patient at ease in the physician's office, and making the patient's goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members. May be asked to serve as a preceptor for onboarding Medical Assistants/students and is an exemplary role model for all staff or students for all disciplines to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; Promotes Evidence based practice, in regards to safe, quality patient care. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems' safety absolutes. May serve as practice Safety Coach.
• Participates in data collection poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence based practice. Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.

High school diploma Required and

Graduate from an accredited medical assistant program Preferred and

Graduate from a newly formed medical assistant program in which the program has the intent to seek CAAHEP or ABHES accreditation Preferred

Cert Medical Assistant 1.00 Required

Must complete the required OSHA training course for operators of radiology equipment within sixty days of hire. Must have successfully passed a Medical Assistant credentialing body examination (AAMA, AMT, NHA, or NCCT) with current and maintained Medical Assistant Credential. Work experience in a practice setting Preferred and

Radiology experience preferred, and/or will provide training within first sixty days. Phlebotomy certification preferred, and/or will provide training within first sixty days. Able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language, optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills.

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