ASSISTANT, MEDICAL II
Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Jonesboro
Posted on: October 26, 2024
Job Description:
Job Summary:Within a team environment, provides support to
providers and nurses during patient care encounters. Collects
clinical information, completes point of care testing, ensures exam
rooms are clean and stocked for patient visits, assists
practitioners with examinations, treatment, or procedures,
administers prescribed medications within scope, performs follow-up
care per provider instructions, and schedules follow-up
appointments as ordered. Resolves patient concerns promptly and
maintains departmental quality Improvement standards.Essential
Responsibilities:
- Adheres to Kaiser Permanente policies and procedures,
principles of responsibilities, and applicable local, state, and
federal laws.
- Utilizes effective communication and interpersonal skills when
interacting with patients and members of the healthcare team.
- Completes patient intake, including vital signs, height,
weight, and hearing and vision screening, as indicated.
- Identifies care gaps and schedules care gap visits/procedures,
as indicated.
- Prepares consent, school, and work forms for provider to review
and sign.
- Ensures exam rooms are clean and stocked with essential
supplies and equipment for patient visits/procedures.
- Completes point of care testing.
- Administers in-scope immunizations and medications, as ordered,
and provides patients with the most recent Vaccine Information
Statement (VIS).
- Assists practitioners with examinations, including positioning
and draping the patient, passing instruments in a sterile manner,
and assisting with minor procedures.
- Documents patient care and education in the electronic medical
record.
- Actively participates in Unit Based Team (UBT) and staff
meetings, department-specific education, and quality improvement
initiatives.
- May perform other in-scope duties as assigned.Basic
Qualifications:Experience
- 1000 hours of back-office experience required (within 1
year).Education
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED)
required.License, Certification, Registration
- Medical Assistant Certificate from American Association of
Medical Assistants OR NCCT National Certified Medical Assistant OR
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant OR Registered Medical
Assistant OR American Medical Technologist Medical Technologist
Certificate
- Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart
AssociationAdditional Requirements:
- Customer service aptitude demonstrated through Customer Service
Assessment.Preferred Qualifications:
- N/ACOMPANY: KAISERTITLE: Assistant, Medical IILOCATION:
Jonesboro, GeorgiaREQNUMBER: 1293379External hires must pass a
background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest
and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a
manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but
not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or
disability status.
Keywords: Kaiser Permanente, Roswell , ASSISTANT, MEDICAL II, Healthcare , Jonesboro, Georgia
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