Medical Assistant or CMA Ambulatory - Pain Management
About The Position
The Medical Assistant works in an ambulatory care setting within the administration’s predefined scope-of-practice guidelines for the state where they practice. The role gathers subjective and objective health-status information from patients or caregivers and communicates it to health care providers. Under provider direction, the Medical Assistant contributes data to licensed health care professionals and follows through on patients’ plans of care. The role also conveys specifically defined written care instructions from providers to patients or caregivers and supports patients throughout preventive care, health maintenance, treatment, and follow-up across care settings and stages of life. Under the direct supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine, duties include obtaining vital signs, preparing patients for examinations, observing and reporting signs or symptoms, and performing point-of-care testing. This position provides coverage at the Rice Lake Center location. The department schedule is Monday through Friday, with variable hours between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Requirements
- For the non-certified Medical Assistant role: graduate from a recognized Medical Assistant program, or complete Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Pharmacology courses (or recognized equivalents from an accredited institution) within 12 months of hire.
- For the non-certified Medical Assistant role, two years of experience as a Medical Assistant is required if the education requirement is not met at time of hire.
- For the certified/registered Medical Assistant role: graduate from a recognized Medical Assistant program.
- For the certified/registered Medical Assistant role: hold national Medical Assistant certification or registration. Accepted examples include CMA through AAMA, CCMA through NHA, CMAC through AMCA, NCMA through NCCT, or RMA through AMT.
- In North Dakota, registration as an MAIII through the ND Board of Nursing is required. If not held at hire, it must be obtained within four months; medication administration before obtaining MAIII registration must be supervised by a licensed nurse, and the incumbent must also be registered on the ND Board of Nursing UAP Registry if they do not hold MAIII registration at hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required within six months of employment, with recertification as required.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in a healthcare setting is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collect subjective and objective health-status data from patients or caregivers and communicate the data to health care providers.
- Contribute patient-care data to licensed health care professionals and follow through on the patient’s plan of care under provider direction.
- Communicate providers’ written care instructions to patients or caregivers using specifically defined information.
- Participate in preventive care, health maintenance, treatment, and follow-up for patients across the lifespan and across care settings.
- Obtain vital signs and prepare patients for examinations.
- Observe and report patients’ signs or symptoms.
- Perform point-of-care testing.
- Provide coverage at the Rice Lake Center location.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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