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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.
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