Certified Medical Assistant/Licensed Practical Nurse - Family Medicine - MUSCP

Medical University of South Carolina•Mount Pleasant, SC

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for quality patient care under the direction of a physician or licensed healthcare provider in a clinical practice. Duties include rooming patients, taking vitals and health history, documenting in an electronic medical record, giving injections, and assisting with minor procedures. This role ensures accurate calibrations, cleaning, and maintenance of clinical/lab equipment, maintains and reviews patient records, documents test and exam results, and communicates the plan of care to patients, including developing patient education materials. The position also involves maintaining exam room supplies, instruments, and cleanliness, managing the timely flow of patients, assisting with scheduling appointments and referrals, screening patients for appropriate information, and providing patient education. Responsibilities include observing, recording, and reporting patient conditions, responding to and triaging phone calls, calling in orders, instructing patients on treatment and/or medication, monitoring and distributing medication, triaging patients and preparing them for exams and procedures, assisting with exams, procedures, and treatments, and instructing patients in sample collection. The role also involves administering prescribed treatments and tests.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Completion of an accredited medical assistant program.
Six (6) months of CMA/RMA experience required.
Must be certified through American Medical Technologist (AMT) or American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) or National Health career Association (NHA) or MedCA as a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), Certified Medical Assistant (CMA), National Association for Health Professionals (NAHP), or National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT).
Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required.
Graduate from an accredited Practical Nurse program.
Licensed as an LPN within the state of South Carolina or a compact state.

Responsibilities

Ensures accurate calibrations, cleaning and scheduled maintenance of clinical/lab equipment as required by OSHA, DHEC and UMA; tracked by documentation.
Maintains and reviews patient records, charts and any other pertinent information, communicating as appropriate.
Document test and exam results.
Communicates plan of care to the patient including formal development of patient education materials as necessary.
Maintains exam room supplies, instruments and cleanliness of patient care environment, as required by OSHA, DHEC and UMA.
Maintains timely flow of patient, assists with scheduling of appointments and referrals based on urgency and availability.
Screens patients for appropriate information and provides patient education as appropriate for diagnosis and treatment.
Observes, records and reports patient's physical and psychosocial condition, reactions to medication and treatments to physician.
Responds to and triages phone calls.
Call in orders appropriately as ordered by physician.
Instructs patient, as ordered by the physician, regarding treatment and/or medication.
Responsible for monitoring and distribution of medication including samples and controlled substances.
Triages patients and prepares for physician exams and procedures.
Assists with exam, procedures and treatments as necessary.
Instructs patients in collection of samples and tests.
Administers prescribed treatments and tests as ordered by the physician.