Medical Assistant (MA, CNA) - Hospitalists
About The Position
Provides basic clinical and clerical support in the delivery of patient care within the Medical Assistant scope of education. The Medical Assistant experiences continued training of all aspects of the Medical Assistant role. The admission pager role is responsible for ensuring tracking of all patients transitioning through the department of medicine. They work alongside physicians and advanced practitioners to help document our daily census. They will receive messages from different areas of the hospital such as the ED, ICU, SD and other services and add them to our daily sign out to confirm all patients are accounted for. An advanced practitioner will be assigned as your backup daily to assist in direct admissions from outside hospitals and help you with any process questions that may arise.
Requirements
- Diploma from an accredited Medical Assistant program OR an active CT CNA, EMT, Paramedic or Medic Certification OR relative experience as outlined below.
- Certified BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
- All required credentials to be maintained throughout employment.
- At least one year of experience in direct patient care (acute or ambulatory space) may be considered in lieu of education requirement.
Nice To Haves
- Relevant experience or MA externship in a busy medical office preferred.
- EPIC EMR experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care under direction of provider, including but not limited to vitals, allergy/ medical reconciliation, screenings, patient history, health maintenance, advance directives and virtual health.
- Conducts point of care testing including quality control and documentation.
- Assists providers with in-house procedures as needed
- Under direction of providers and nurses, provides other treatments and care to patients appropriate to training, as assigned.
- Prepares and assists patients undergoing treatments, examinations, and procedures.
- Floats to other offices based on business needs.
- Receive Tiger Texts (TT) from different teams and providers and distribute those TT to the correct person on our team for review based on provided algorithm
- Track new patients coming onto our service on our daily sign out and in EPIC until a bed is assigned
- Assign an attending to new patients based on provided staffing list and algorithm
- Update the daily pager sheet with oncoming staff based on our weekly transition
Benefits
- competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
