Medical Assistant or LPN - Edmond Renaissance Primary Care Outpatient Clinic

INTEGRIS Health•Edmond, OK

2d•Onsite

About The Position

INTEGRIS Health Medical Group is hiring a day-shift, full-time Medical Assistant or LPN for its Edmond Renaissance Primary Care Outpatient Clinic in Edmond, Oklahoma. The Medical Assistant or Clinic Nurse provides direct patient care, including taking vital signs and patient histories, performing venipuncture and other assigned clinical procedures, coordinating labs, imaging and referrals, and handling patient phone messages as directed by the provider and/or clinic supervisor. The Medical Assistant gathers and documents information about patients’ conditions, contributes to assessments and reassessments, monitors and documents patient status, and helps develop and implement plans of care. The role may include administering medications other than narcotics, managing a high volume of calls, organizing workflow to meet patient needs, and retrieving and transporting medications. The Clinic Nurse delivers patient care using the nursing process under physician supervision. The nurse helps develop, implement and evaluate care interventions; monitors for abnormal lab values or changes from baseline; reports changes to physicians and initiates new orders as directed; maintains patient satisfaction, confidentiality and chart accuracy; and reports suspected abuse and refers patients or families to appropriate resources. Assigned procedures may include venipuncture, EKG, waived testing, bone density, X-ray and sterilization of equipment after procedures. The Medical Assistant reports to an assigned clinic manager, supervisor or lead; the Clinic Nurse reports to the department clinic manager or supervisor.

Requirements

For the Medical Assistant role: current nationally recognized Medical Assistant certification or registration, or six months of clinic Medical Assistant experience.
For the Clinic Nurse role: current Oklahoma LPN or RN licensure, or a current multistate license from a Nurse Licensure Compact member state.
CPR or BLS certification within 90 days of employment for the Medical Assistant role.
BLS and/or ACLS as required by department for the Clinic Nurse role.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

Six months of customer service experience is preferred for the Medical Assistant role.

Responsibilities

Take patient vital signs and histories; perform venipuncture and assigned lab, X-ray, referral and patient-message tasks as directed.
Gather and document information about patient condition, including lab values, pain levels, education needs, nutritional status and potential complications.
Contribute to patient assessment and reassessment, and monitor and document patient status.
Participate in developing, implementing and evaluating appropriate patient care interventions; medication administration may be included for Medical Assistants, excluding narcotics.
Manage a large call volume while maintaining excellent telephone etiquette.
Organize workflow to meet patient needs in a timely manner.
Retrieve and transport medications when needed.
Monitor for signs and symptoms related to abnormal lab values or deviation from baseline assessments.
Report patient status changes to the physician and initiate new physician orders as directed.
Promote patient satisfaction and maintain patient confidentiality.
Participate in charge management to ensure chart accuracy for each visit.
Report suspected abuse and refer patients or families to appropriate health or social resources.
Perform assigned venipuncture, EKG, waived testing, bone density, X-ray and other procedures.
Sterilize equipment after procedures.