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Under direct supervision of RN or provider performs routine patient care following department policies and procedures. Assists with patient exams and procedures, responds to members telephone messages and provides education to members and families.
Job Responsibility:
Perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider, cleaning wound after providers assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, reinforce standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed provider
Recognize and respond to acute emergency situations following established procedures
Draw up injection solutions for immediate use upon physician orders
Orient patients to system policies and practices
Provide appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction
Review instruction sheet with patient
Transport patients by assisting or lifting individuals onto mobile beds or wheelchairs and transports/transfers patient onto other hospital or clinic areas as directed
Complete necessary arrangements or organize treatment room prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, drapes and sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as directed by physician
Assist licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients and assisting as directed
Provide assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping
may hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by physician
Assure safety of patient during procedures and transport
Prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens
Clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures
Follow Universal Precautions
Report incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee
Maintain departmental files, performing duties such as pulling files and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed
Initiate and/or complete diagnostic test forms per provider order, telephone prescriptions to pharmacies, relay medical information from physician to patient and relay information from patient to physician
Chart in patient medical records as indicated
Perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemocult tests, tests to determine PH, protein and PKU
Perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities
Collect, by non-invasive techniques and preserve specimens for testing, including urine, sputum and stool
Participate in Departmental Quality Assurance Activities
Perform other duties as required, such as checking patients medical records for incomplete data, relaying messages to staff personnel
Requirements:
Completion of a program in Medical Office Assistant with Certification and equivalent of six (6) months experience or twelve (12) months equivalent experience in lieu of certification required
Ability to give and follow oral and written instructions
Ability to work effectively with the public
Demonstrated knowledge of the sterile techniques
Valid CPR Prescription call in for ambulatory care setting
If position is for Pediatrics, it requires minimum of one (1) year pediatric or equivalent experience