SUMMARY: Assists in examination and treatment of patients under direction of a Medical Provider by performing the following duties in a professional manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: with other duties assigned as appropriate:

Patient Rooming Process – 25%

• Performs vital sign checks and documentation.
• Conducts patient screening.
• Conducts patient history review including medications, allergies and problems.
• Prepare patient for visit based on reason patient presented to clinic.
• Initiate self-management goals.
• Treat patient based on appropriate protocols.
• Perform Patient Centered Medical Home requirements.

Assisting Providers relating to patient care – 25%

• Responds to patients emergent needs according to protocol.
• Set rooms up for procedures.
• Assist during exams as required.
• Administer medication, injections, and vaccines.
• Performing venipuncture and collecting of lab specimens as ordered.
• Contacting patients, pharmacies, and other health care agencies in response to medication refill requests, lab and diagnostic test results, and other needs as indicated.
• Initiating medication refills, and other requests from patients and other health care providers (insurance companies, homecare agencies, and others).
• Provide information to patients as instructed by provider by providing medication and diet information and instructions, answering questions.
• Sterile technique for procedures such as laceration repair, lesion removal, etc.
• Competent in all in house lab tests per CLIA guidelines and drug screen collections per DOT/NDOT guidelines.
• Immunizations – maintain competency on MCIR Program use including: MCIR Immunization Record comparison to EMR Documentation, MCIR Record printing.
• Competency with vaccine identification and ability to identify age-appropriate vaccines.
• Completion of appropriate patient consents as requested (procedure consents, controlled substance agreements, etc.).

EDEDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Completion of Medical Assistant or LPN program and eligible for certification or licensure through CEU completion.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• BLS Required at hire.
• Certified or Registered Medical Assistant or Licensed Practical Nurse.

Physical Demands: Medium

Travel: Site to site travel is required.

Job Type: Full-time