Medical Assistant, Longmont Medical Offices - Primary Care

Kaiser Permanente • Longmont, CO

236d • $23 - $30

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 one's 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

• Demonstrated customer service skills and customer focus abilities.
• Ability to understand Kaiser Permanente customer needs.

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 by attending patient during procedures and providing appropriate supplies and instruments.
• Performs routine clerical and reception duties, such as completing patient visit records, maintaining departmental logs, answering telephones, checking in patients, 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 as determined by the regional Nursing Service department.
• 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 by cleaning, stocking and arranging supplies, equipment and instruments.
• 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; reports findings to appropriate personnel.
• Instructs or assists patients in preparation for scheduled procedures, in a caring and courteous manner.

Benefits

• $5000 SIGN-ON BONUS ELIGIBLE
• May be entitled to translation/bilingual, shift or other wage premiums as governed by the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: High school or GED