CNA, Orthopedics, Heywood Medical Group, 32-Hours, Days, Wednesdays off

Heywood Medical Group•Gardner, MA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Heywood Healthcare values its employees and offers competitive wages, great benefits, and generous earned time off. This position involves performing various clinical and clerical functions to assist in the delivery of patient care and medical office support. The role requires learning and performing new standards and processes, participating in customer service initiatives, and completing assigned training. Clinical duties include scheduling tests, recording patient health information, taking vital signs, rooming patients, supporting providers, and managing schedules and materials. Clerical duties include answering phones, scheduling appointments, and providing patient education.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Three years’ experience preferred
Experience working with electronic medical records strongly desired
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as a team member is essential
Strong computer skills required
Active MA CNA license required
AHA BLS required or must obtain with six months of employment

Responsibilities

Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures under direction of a licensed nurse
Collects basic health data as directed by a licensed nurse
Assists patients with activities of daily care (e.g. personal hygiene, toileting, nutrition, ambulation, etc)
Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.)
Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard
Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent patient according to established standards
Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/or removes safety hazards)
Provides timely and thorough information on assigned patients to supervising licensed nurse and other health care team members
Participates in learning for colleagues and self (attends educational programs, in-services, assist with orientation of new staff)
Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents)
Prepares patients for physician clinic visits so that physicians can proceed with examinations without delay and so patients have their basic concerns met and questions answered
Coordinates all aspects of patient readiness for physician examination such as, obtains and documents vital signs, weight and reason for visit, as well as, places patients in exam room with appropriate attire for exam
Maintains established par levels of all medical and clerical supplies so that physicians and nursing staff have access to adequate supplies and materials
Orders all medical and the clerical supplies for clinical department, as well as, restocks shelves and files for physicians and nurses
Creates, copies, and distributes clerical materials and educational literature as needed for daily health center activities
Assists physicians with retrieval of patient information so that medical records are organized with up to date results for physician review and physicians are provided with test results requested to ensure patients receive appropriate applications
Obtains and posts all recent diagnostic results in medical records, as well as, completes diagnostic sheets, including correct coding for dictation purposes
Obtains optimal EKG, pulse oximetry levels, peak flow levels, as well as, applies the correct sized splints and dressings
Performs and documents quality control checks for urine glucose and protein testing, as well as, participates in performance improvement activities as requested
Prepares and packages instruments for sterilization, as well as, changes soaking solution according to the Infection Control Policy
Secures the building for daily closure so that all medications are locked in medication cabinets, the building is vacated and left in a safe state before being locked for daily closure
Locks all medication cabinets, as well as, performs security checks on windows and electrical equipment for daily closure
De-activates automatic handicap access to the main entrance, as well as, locks all exit doors for daily closure