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Job Highlights:
Come join the SSM Health Aesthetic Center team!
We have opportunities for:
• MA, CMA or RMA- must be graduates of a school of medical assisting
• EMTs with a WI license
• Paramedics with a WI license
• LPNs with a WI license
Position duties may include:
• Patient rooming
• In office procedure assistance
• General clinical administrative tasks in the electronic medical record program (Epic).
Schedule: 20 hours per week
Days only M/T/TH with some flexibility needed for provider schedule changes.
No nights, weekends or holidays
A Well-qualified candidate will be:
• Comfortable with hands on patient care
• Open to new experiences and new challenges
• Ambitious, motivated, and sympathetic in nature
Experience and expertise are preferred, but if you are excited by the opportunity, we would love to have you on the team!
Job Summary:
Assists with the examination and treatment of patients under the direction of a nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or physician.Job Responsibilities and Requirements:
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assists with treatments ordered by provider as supervised by provider, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse. Performs select clinical duties.
- Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and records information on patients' charts. Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients.
- Performs basic clerical duties including answering the phone, maintaining records, and filing.
- Performs basic materials management functions to include ordering and stocking of supplies. Assists with maintaining a clean and orderly environment.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
- High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience
- Wisconsin ONLY - High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience, and graduate from a medical assistant school or training program or education equivalency for certification
EXPERIENCE
- No experience required
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Constant standing and walking.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.
- Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
- Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
- Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
- Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Occasional lifting/moving patients.
- Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
- Occasional driving.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
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Work Shift:
Day Shift (United States of America)Job Type:
Department:
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