LVN or Medical Assistant (Allergy)

Far West Medical Tower•Austin, TX

About The Position

Austin Regional Clinic is hiring an LVN or Medical Assistant for its Allergy service. The role supports patient care and clinic operations by documenting care and patient status, rooming patients, taking vital signs, preparing patients for examinations, following clinic protocols, performing diagnostic tests, managing supplies and equipment, and responding to refill and triage requests. The position requires regular, dependable attendance and working holiday shifts when required by company policy. LVNs provide direct nursing care, administer medications and injections, teach and counsel patients and families, communicate lab results, and complete patient follow-up. Depending on assignment, LVNs may also support vaccine management and immunization programs and participate in orienting new employees. Staff Medical Assistants provide educational materials as directed, administer medications within the scope of their training and physician direction, and review result messages and contact patients about normal lab results. They also review provider instructions regarding abnormal results.

Requirements

LVN: High school diploma or equivalent and graduation from an accredited school of vocational nursing.
LVN: Current Texas Licensed Vocational Nurse license and current AHA-approved BLS Healthcare Provider CPR course completion card; both must be maintained during employment.
LVN: Ability to engage others, listen, and adapt responses to meet their needs, and to align actions with team members working toward common goals.
LVN: Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with Windows; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
LVN: Ability to manage competing priorities, perform duties professionally, understand, recall, and communicate factual information, and understand, recall, and apply oral or written instructions.
LVN: Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology and apply common sense in performing the job.
LVN: Knowledge of activities associated with quality nursing practices and assigned duties, and skill in nursing practices within the role's scope.
LVN: Organizational and efficiency skills, excellent customer service, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage simultaneous nursing activities with frequent interruptions in a fast-paced environment.
Staff Medical Assistant: High school diploma or equivalent and one of the following: Medical Assistant experience; CNA, EMT, PCT, or comparable direct patient care experience beyond activities of daily living, including manual vital signs and medication and/or injection experience; or graduation from a medical assistant program.
Staff Medical Assistant: Ability to administer medications and injections within the position's scope within 90 days of hire.
Staff Medical Assistant: Current AHA-approved BLS Healthcare Provider CPR course completion card, or completion within 60 days of hire.
Staff Medical Assistant: Knowledge of medical terminology; excellent organizational, phone listening, customer service, verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
Staff Medical Assistant: Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, work in a team, engage others and adapt responses to their needs, and align actions with team goals.
Staff Medical Assistant: Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with Windows; ability to perform duties professionally, understand and communicate factual information, follow oral and written instructions, organize thoughts clearly, and apply common sense.

Nice To Haves

LVN: Previous experience in an ambulatory or acute care setting.
Staff Medical Assistant: Six or more months of experience as a Medical Assistant.
Staff Medical Assistant: Medical Assistant certification.

Responsibilities

Accurately document patient status, care provided, responses to care, provider orders, and contacts with patients or other healthcare providers.
Refill medications according to ARC refill protocols and review provider and daily medication refill requests.
Review the EPIC triage call inbox for callbacks.
Room patients, take and document vital signs, and prepare patients for provider examinations.
Follow clinic protocols and directions from the nursing team leader or supervisor.
Perform diagnostic testing, including EKGs, audiograms, tympanograms, spirometry, and visual screenings, and report and document results as appropriate.
Monitor inventory of medical and office supplies and equipment; keep rooms stocked with current, unexpired supplies and order supplies as needed.
Clean patient rooms, handle dirty laundry properly, and ensure the laundry cart is stocked with fresh linens daily.
Assist providers with sigmoidoscopy examinations and cardiac stress testing as needed, including equipment setup, patient preparation, and equipment cleanup and storage.
Maintain equipment, including autoclaves and speculums, and check expiration dates.
Adhere to company policies, including OSHA, HIPAA, compliance, and Code of Conduct policies; maintain regular and dependable attendance and follow company core competencies.
Work holiday shifts as required by company policy.
As an LVN, administer medications and injections and provide direct nursing care, medications, and treatments under physician orders and accepted standards of care.
As an LVN, teach and counsel patients and families about health assessment, care, disease prevention, and health maintenance.
As an LVN, potentially manage vaccines, monitor usage and wastage, maintain vaccines, complete recommended documentation, and support implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the immunization program.
As an LVN, call patients with lab results and complete follow-up for laboratory results and diagnostics, appointments, referrals, medications, and callbacks.
As an LVN, participate in orienting new employees.
As a Staff Medical Assistant, provide educational materials as directed, administer medications within the role's scope and physician direction, call patients with normal lab results, and review provider instructions about abnormal results.