What are the responsibilities and job description for the CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT position at GEO Secured Services?
Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:
* Paid Time Off | * Paid Holidays |
* 401(k) Matching | * Health Insurance |
* Vision Insurance | * Life Insurance |
* Health Savings Account | * Tuition Reimbursement |
* Employee Discount | * Reduced Tuition Rates |
* Disability Insurance | * Employee Assistance Program |
* 401(k) | * Pet Insurance |
* Dental Insurance | * Paid Training |
* Flexible Spending Account |
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The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Overview
Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.
Who We Are:
GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.
Why Work for GEO:
- We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
- Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.
Responsibilities
Help us bring the highest quality of healthcare to every patient by:
- Scheduling appointments, welcoming, and preparing patients for the physician.
- Interviewing them to obtain medical information and measuring their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Recording patients' medical history, vital statistics, or test results in medical records while maintaining privacy and confidentiality.
- Preparing and administering medications as directed by physician.
- Collecting and preparing blood, tissues, or other laboratory specimens for testing.
- Explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physician instructions to patients.
- Assisting physicians; handing instruments/materials and performing tasks such as giving injections or removing sutures.
- Preparing treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Cleaning and sterilizing instruments and disposing of contaminated supplies.
- Providing emotional and physical comfort and safety to patients.
We also expect you to:
- Respect your supervisor's work schedule to ensure continuity of care.
- React to a "code" or patient crisis following policy and procedure.
- Observe infection control principles and techniques.
- Keep supplies, equipment, and working areas in good condition.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from a two (2) year college or technical school. Certification from a Medical Assistant program.
- Six (6) months related experience and/or training.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to interact in a professional manner in both individual and group settings.
- Ability to work with a team of inmates and have the ability to implement team strategy approaches to work assignments.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently: Lift, carry up, push, or pull up to 40 lbs.; walk, stand, sit, bend, stoop, and reach above shoulder level.
- Occasionally: Lift, carry up, push, or pull up to 60 lbs.; climb, and work with machinery.
GEO Secured Services
The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.