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Hunter Health Clinic Medical Assistant - Care Team in Wichita, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13011350
Job Responsibilities:
- Assisting Physicians, Mid-Levels, RNs, and LPNs with patient care.
- Visit prep for the scheduled patient 1-2 days in advance, identifying any needs, setbacks, or orders.
- Lead daily care team huddle using completed visit prep.
- Maintains effective workflow throughout the day with outlined initiatives.
- Use data tracking boards to identify setbacks and opportunities for improvement at the end of each session.
- Rooming patients in exam rooms and room set up for exams prior to medical providers arrival.
- Documenting Chief Complaint in EHR.
- Capturing temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, height, and weight and record values in EHR.
- Capturing infant/pediatric height, weight, head circumference, pulse, respirations, blood pressure and record values in EHR.
- Performing Peak Flows, nebulizer treatments, Pulse-Oximetry, 12-lead EKG and Snellen test. Performing capillary blood glucose test, A1C, and INR. Performing strep test swabs, TB skin tests (ID injection), IM injections, and SC injections.
- Adhering to rights of medication administration: right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, and right time.
- Withdrawing medication from vial and an ampule and properly administering oral medication; liquid or pill form.
- Accurately reading and documentation of TB skin test.
- Entering current and historical childhood and adolescent immunization in Web-IZ and EHR.
- Citing vaccinations, administration sites, and recommended ages for the vaccines.
- Entering Lab orders in EHR and properly completing lab requisition forms.
- Collecting Patient History and documenting in EHR prior to patient being seen by medical provider.
- Assuring the entry of medications in outpatient medications within the MAR in EHR.
- Stocking room, biohazard disposal, sharps containers and updating infection control log.
- Preparing the exam room for assessments such as, pap smears and STD tests.
- Sterile tray set-up and prepping patient prior to medical providers arrival.
- Septic handwashing before and after rooming patients in exam room and procedures.
- Proper dismissal of patient room, including education and cleaning of exam room.
- Assisting RN/LPN with telephone encounters documented daily in EHR.
- Documenting of patient encounters, phone calls, drug administration, and chart review in EHR.
- Assisting RN/LPN with prescription refill requests daily.
- Accurately completing all forms such as Gynecological (Pap Smears/STD) work-up, EDW forms and pharmacy forms.
- Accurately completing all forms such as Gynecological (Pap Smears/STD) work-up, EDW forms and pharmacy forms.
- Communicates and collaborates professionally and effectively with medical providers, medical support staff, front desk staff, patient service representatives, patient care coordinators and administration.
- Responsible for by-laws strict confidentiality of Medical Records.
- Attend designated meetings as an employee and medical staff member.
- Complete all assigned monthly trainings.
- Other duties as assigned.