Medical Assistant, Franklin Medical Offices, ON-CALL

Kaiser Permanente • Denver, CO

284d • $24 - $32

About The Position

Under direct supervision, performs a variety of basic and routine patient care and clerical duties to assist medical providers in the care and treatment of patients. Primary function is to room patients and facilitate provider schedule. Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of ones actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs. Builds rapport and cooperative relationship with members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems.

Requirements

• Successful Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program and a minimum of 120 hours of clinical experience.
• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) required.

Nice To Haves

• On-call position.
• Rotating within Head and Neck department to all 3 locations (Franklin, Rock Creek, and Lone Tree).

Responsibilities

• Complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to safe medication administration practices, procedures, infection prevention, and fall prevention.
• Reports safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
• Performs appropriate basic, routine and regular delegated medical functions as directed and within appropriate scope of practice.
• Supports physicians and other medical providers performing routine examination and treatment procedures.
• Performs routine clerical and reception duties, such as completing patient visit records, maintaining departmental logs, answering telephones, and scheduling patient appointments.
• Assists in orienting and training new employees, transporting equipment or patients, stocking shelves, taking inventories, and ordering supplies.
• Demonstrates computer literacy for charting and reviewing in an automated medical record.
• Administers specific medications to identified patient age groups in identified departments.
• Maintains a safe and healthy work environment for patients, self, and others.
• Prepares examination and treatment rooms for use by physicians and other medical providers.
• Cleans, packages and sterilizes reusable supplies and instruments as needed.
• Interviews patient to determine reason for visit; takes patients vital signs and records information in patients medical record.
• Instructs or assists patients in preparation for scheduled procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: High school or GED