Medical Assistant

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**Practicing at GraceMed**

If you are a healthcare professional, we appreciate your interest in

practicing in a community health setting at **GraceMed**. This is a

clinical environment where you can be a part of a diverse team of

professionals who come together to address the whole health of the

patient. Youll make a difference you can see every day as you care for

patients who are often high-risk because of their underserved status.

Youll be fully supported by a staff and organization set up to let you

focus on delivering care. And youll be part of a team that has

distinguished itself for its quality of care and outcomes.

• Reporting Relationship:** Reports to the Medical Manager/Clinic
  
  

Manager

• Supervision Responsibilities:** No
• Essential Role:** Provides patient care services to complement the
  
  

providers role of delivering primary health care services at GraceMed

Health Clinic, Inc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares patients for examination, treatments and procedures.
• Obtains vital signs and chief complaints.
• Obtains and/or reviews family history.
• Chaperones and assists providers during exams and procedures.
• Administers P.O. and I.M. injections and medications as ordered
  
  

(after completion of competency training).

• Cleans and sterilizes equipment and instruments.
• Maintains and stocks exam rooms.
• Performs phlebotomy and CLIA waived lab tests.
• Performs direct patient care within the limits of his/her training
  
  

and capabilities when the provider is unavailable.

• Documents administration of all injections and medications in
  
  

medical records.

• Records lab results in medical record and notifies patients of any
  
  

negative results subsequent to provider reviews. Records family

history in medical records.

• Returns or receives patient phone calls during office hours;
  
  

performs triage of patients by phone or in office, assessing medical

needs of patient and coordinating appropriate care or interventions

and referring to licensed staff or providers as indicated.

• Provides patient education as requested.
• Assures proper labeling and handling of all specimens. Completes
  
  

appropriate requisitions and/or paperwork.

• Maintains a follow-up system for lab results.
• Coordinates referrals and schedules appointments with specialists
  
  

and ancillary services on behalf of patients in the absence of

designated employee.

• Maintains clinical equipment and supplies.
• Assists in the development of and documents protocols related to his
  
  

or her job functions.

• Assists in the development of new staff as it relates to his or her
  
  

job functions.

Working Conditions

Medical office setting. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of

time. Bending, stooping, and lifting (up to 50lbs.) may be required.

Interaction with physicians, patients and other office personnel. May

involve contact with angry, upset or ill persons. May involve potential

exposure to blood and body fluids and other hazardous substances. Must

have visual acuity and manual dexterity to interface with computer. Must

have auditory acuity to handle phone calls.

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and
  
  

level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as

an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required

of personnel so classified.*

• This job description has been examined for compliance with the
  
  

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act

(FLSA) (May 1995).*

• GraceMed Health Clinic** is an equal opportunity organization and
  
  

shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed),

gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disabilit ,

marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or for any other

discriminatory reason prohibited by applicable law.*