Certified Medical Assistant / SFT 32 hrs. per week / 1st shift

Pay Rate:  $16.32 - $24.48/hr.

Certified Medical Assistant / Caring Hands - $2,500.00 Sign on Bonus (SFT)

 (*Sign on Bonus Eligibility is based on your status at time of hire.  Status must be that of semi full time, working 32 hours per week for the $2,500.00 bonus. All sign-on bonuses are prorated and paid over 5 quarters.)

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

To assist with the health care needs of the Laurel Lake residents and staff

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

Certificate as a Medical Assistant or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE:

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Computer skills, organizations skills, clinical competence, ability to work with older adults.

PRINCIPAL JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Assist physicians with clinical procedures.
• Administer and read staff  Mantoux, administer staff HBV and staff Flu shots.
• Performing other assigned duties.
• Schedule resident appointments with clinicians using Scheduleview, EclinicalWorks, other software as assigned.
• Schedule resident Labs, X-Rays and other tests.
• Communicate by telephone, fax, and electronically with providers and their offices.
• Administer resident injections, simple dressing changes, first aid, vital signs, EKG testing, collect specimens and culture materials, urine dip test, blood sugars test, and other clinical functions as assigned.
• Facilitate resident medication refills, referral appointments, and preauthorization for medications, tests, and procedures
• Respond to emergency calls in independent living.
• Receive and carry out verbal orders from physicians.
• Document in resident electronic and hardcopy medical record.
• Maintain infection control standards of all equipment and clinical areas.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES – Other:

1. Performs other related duties as needed.

CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

CEU’s for Medical Assistant recertification

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT/WORK CONDITIONS:

Direct Care – Physical Demands

Occasional – 1 to 33% of workday

Frequent – 34 to 66% of workday

Constant – 67 – 100% of workday

Not at all – 0% of workday

Occasional

Sitting, Unilateral Vertical Reach 36-72”; Bed-cart transfer with 200# person and assist of one with sheet; Lift 0-50#, 6-36” from floor; climbing stairs; operating machines (2hand(s)), operating machines 2foot/feet).

Frequent

Standing, walking 2.3 mph, 0 incline; unilateral horizontal reach 0-18”; bilateral carry, 30’, 27#; push/pull 100’, 19ft lbs; hold 200# patient sidelying while doing procedure x 2 minutes; roll 200# patient away/toward self; transfer 105# person chair-chair 5x/hr with gait belt; move 200# person up in bed with assist of one and sheet; lift 0-30#, 6”-36” from floor; lift 0-20# 36”-48” from floor; lift 0-20# 6”-72” from floor.

Constant

Bilateral fine motor manipulation; functional near, far, color vision aided or unaided; functional hearing aided or unaided; functional verbal communication skills; working overtime as assigned to meet operational/patient care demands.

Not at All

Climbing ladders; working from heights; crawling; kneeling; running

Category I job classification – Laurel Lake employees who have jobs with tasks that routinely involve exposure or potential exposure to blood, body fluids, tissues and/or used sharps.

Job Hazard Risks:

Lifting

Infectious Disease Exposure

Hazard Materials Exposure (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical)

Workplace Violence Potential

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

This job description identifies the general nature and level of work to be performed.  It is not to be considered an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties or skills required of an incumbent.