Medical Assistant
Company: E Plus Cancercare
Location: Strongsville
Posted on: April 5, 2021
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Job Description:
Description
Position is located in Medina, OH
Job Purpose:
The Medical Assistant is usually the first clinical contact a
patient has with the practice. While supporting the mission and
philosophy of the practice, this employee assists the physician in
coordinating patient care and providing quality clinical expertise.
The primary functions of the Medical Assistant are facilitators
while demonstrating excellent patient service, clinical protocols
and physician directed priorities. The Medical Assistant serves as
the key liaison between the patient and the physician. The position
must be able to demonstrate empathy, composure and politeness at
all times while dealing with patients. The position must also be
able to work and interact as part of a team and have the skills to
perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
Essential Functions:
- Escort the patient from the waiting room to the exam room.
- Identify the patient by name and date of birth.
- Perform basic procedures such as collecting urine specimen for
urinalysis and preparing slide for microscopic examination as
ordered by physician.
- If ordered by physician, preform venipuncture for blood draws for
PSA and/or testosterone levels.
- Obtain blood pressure, height and weight
- Ask patient for any medication allergies
- Obtain current medication list including prescription,
over-the-counter and vitamin/supplements.
- Review surgical, medical, social and family history information.
Document in EMR under ROS on new patients as documented (Review Of
Systems).
- If patient is smoker, counsel patient on smoking cessation and
give patient a smoking cessation pamphlet.
- If patient is female over 65 years old, assess for urinary
incontinence and document in EMR under ROS (review of systems).
- Document all above information in EMR system (Urochart).
- Prepares exam room including appropriate set-up for
procedures.
- Assist at procedures (female exams, cystoscopy, prostate
biopsy(MA 2), Testopel insertions and vasectomy(MA 2)).
- Prepare and have available all appropriate medical
equipment/instruments necessary for appointment
- Responsible for proper disinfection/sterilization of medical
equipment and instruments and the proper disposal/cleaning of
contaminated supplies.
- Administer injections/medications as ordered by physician.
- As ordered by physician perform bladder scanning, catheter
insertion/removal, bladder irrigations(MA 2), dressing changes, and
suture removal(MA 2).
- Educates patients and answers patient questions.
- As directed by physician notifies patients of abnormal test
results
- Calls patients for urine drop offs and semen rechecks
- E-scribe in EMR any medications ordered by physician to
pharmacies.
- Assist in patient callbacks and prescription refills under the
direction of the nurse practitioner, physician assistant and/or
physician.
- Document appropriate information into EMR: messages, patient
phone calls and orders.
- Maintain clean work environment including exam rooms, laboratory,
dirty utility room and medication room. Keep all work areas in a
neat and organized manner.
- Maintain laboratory logs as assigned including follow-up.
- Run controls on PSA/Testosterone machine weekly
- Run controls on urinalysis machine as needed with new batch of
test strips
- Monitor disinfection solution (Revitol Ox).Change solution every
2 weeks
- Monitor temperatures: room, humidity and refrigerators
- Restocks supplies in exam room.
- Send all specimens with requisitions to appropriate outside labs:
urines, biopsy and other tissues.
- Use professional judgment to maintain confidentiality of patient
information.
- Continually search for efficient, patient focused work
methods.Discuss implementation of methods with management.
- Comply with all OSHA regulations.
- Backs up in office dispensing when necessary
- Maintain annual competencies and/or training.
- Perform other related work/duties as required and assigned.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- 1-3 years of clinical experience.
- High School graduate or equivalent required.
- Certified or eligible for certification as a Medical Assistant in
the state of employment.
- Current CPR certification.
- Basic PC skills including Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule as necessary.
Preferred Skills
- Oncology and/or Radiology experience.
- Urology practice experience.
Required Competencies
Excellent judgment, dependability, conscientious performance.
Detail oriented. Exceptional interpersonal and communication
skills. Caring and empathetic. High ethical standards. Mechanical
ability and manual dexterity for operating complicated
equipments.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described
here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee
is required to walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects,
tools, or controls; reach hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee
must lift and/or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required
by the job include close vision, distant vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, speech clarity, climb,
balance, and stoop, kneel, and bend.
Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is exposed to environmental risk of radiation exposure,
and biohazard exposure.
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