EMT - OBGYN

HealthPartners•Coon Rapids, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

HealthPartners is hiring an LPN, Medical Assistant, or EMT for its OB/GYN department at the Coon Rapids Clinic. The role has separate qualifications and responsibilities depending on whether the employee is hired as an LPN or as a Medical Assistant/EMT. LPN duties include providing direct patient care, identifying common nursing needs, performing routine office procedures and testing, obtaining health histories and vital signs, educating patients, documenting care, recognizing urgent concerns and seeking assistance, and communicating with patients, families, and the healthcare team. The LPN also maintains current practice and CPR certification, supports clinical staff, and contributes to nursing practice standards. Medical Assistant duties include rooming patients, taking vital signs and other measurements, administering medications and performing clinical procedures under authorized policies, reviewing charts, providing health education, and assisting providers and patients. The role also supports clinic communications and scheduling, processes messages, forms, refills, and lab or imaging paperwork, and maintains instruments, equipment, supplies, and work areas in accordance with clinic procedures, infection-control practices, and OSHA standards.

Requirements

For the LPN position: graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
For the LPN position: current Minnesota LPN licensure.
For the Medical Assistant position: high school diploma or GED.
For the Medical Assistant position: graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant program, or graduation from an accredited EMT program and a current EMT license.
Current BLS certification for health professionals through the American Heart Association or Red Cross, maintained; online BLS certification is not acceptable.
Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, including appropriate use of English grammar and spelling.

Nice To Haves

One year of working experience as an LPN is preferred.
Current Medical Assistant certification or registration through AAMA or AMT is preferred.

Responsibilities

Identify common and recurring nursing needs of patients.
Recognize the need for and perform routine office procedures and testing in the ambulatory care setting.
Assist patients in achieving basic health care goals.
Identify patient education needs, provide instruction, and refer appropriately.
Document observations, actions, patient outcomes, procedures, and treatment accurately and appropriately.
Provide safe, accurate, clinically competent direct care to patients and families.
Recognize patient abnormalities or urgent problems and seek appropriate assistance.
Obtain health history information and accurate vital signs, and recognize and report variances.
Teach techniques or provide information according to established programs.
Communicate information appropriately to other members of the health care team and provide patients and families with current, accurate information about procedures and care.
Perform telephone screening under the direction of an RN or MD.
Protect patients’ rights to privacy, safety, and confidentiality.
Maintain current practice through continuing education in relevant practice areas and maintain CPR certification.
Support improvements in LPN practice standards, serve as a role model for technical conduct and practice, and support professional and technical staff.
Solve problems appropriately, seeking assistance from the healthcare team when needed, and use interpersonal skills to foster positive responses from patients and team members.
Room patients and complete vital signs and other pertinent physical measurements.
Administer medications and clinical procedures according to authorized policy and document them according to HealthPartners policy; this may include DISCUS or AIMS assessments.
Review charts for pertinent information relevant to appointments, including Prepared Practice work developed by the team.
Provide and document needed or requested health education materials.
Handle patients and records privately and confidentially in accordance with HealthPartners policy.
Seek medical or nursing assistance for acutely ill patients or patients whose condition changes.
Prepare exam and treatment rooms, set up for procedures, assist providers as needed, and prepare patients for medical interventions.
Prepare charts and records for appointments according to established practices; check MSRs for completion and route them appropriately.
Prepare lab, X-ray, and miscellaneous forms as requested, process drug refills according to clinic protocols, and monitor station logs as assigned.
Facilitate timely and accurate communication within the clinic; receive and relay messages and test results to the appropriate person or location.
Gather information from callers and relay it to the appropriate provider for follow-up.
Inform reception of provider schedule status and help coordinate urgent and non-urgent schedule changes.
Perform requested patient correspondence and assist patients with forms when appropriate.
Prepare and sterilize instruments and equipment according to procedures and OSHA standards.
Complete scheduled cleaning of designated work areas, document completion to meet infection-control and OSHA standards, and follow other infection-control and protective-clothing requirements.
Keep clinic supplies stocked and organized, process and deliver inventory requests promptly, and check expiration dates and remove or replace outdated supplies.
Maintain the prescription sample supply cabinet according to clinic protocol.
Ensure equipment is properly maintained, records are adequate, instrument and equipment inventory is current, and instruments and equipment are calibrated as needed and kept in working order.