Medical Assistant PRN - Interventional Pain Clinic - One Hundred Oaks

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Medical Assistant PRN for their Interventional Pain Clinic at One Hundred Oaks in Nashville, Tennessee. VUMC is a leading institution in patient care, education, and research, committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and their uniqueness is celebrated. The Medical Assistant will support the licensed healthcare team by managing patient flow, gathering patient data, assisting with procedures, and facilitating patient education and communication. This role is crucial in advancing personalized health and contributing to VUMC's mission.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved discipline specific program
Relevant Work Experience
Less than 1 year of experience
Clinical Patient Documentation (Fundamental Awareness)
Clinical Competencies (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency to assist and perform clinical care including but not limited to vital signs, phlebotomy, specimen collection, medication administration and point of care testing as directed by unit standards.
Environment of Care (Novice): Demonstrates sufficient fundamental proficiency with set up and maintenance of patient exam room, supplies and equipment.
Planning & Organizing (Fundamental Awareness): Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments and responsibilities. Appropriately matches equipment, and capital resources to task demands. Prepares and presents clear and accurate status reports on projects and assignments.
Core Accountabilities - Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
Core Accountabilities - Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
Core Accountabilities - Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedure that apply to your own job.
Core Accountabilities - Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Core Capabilities - Supporting Colleagues: Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Core Capabilities - Supporting Colleagues: Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Core Capabilities - Supporting Colleagues: Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Core Capabilities - Delivering Excellent Services: Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Core Capabilities - Delivering Excellent Services: Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Core Capabilities - Delivering Excellent Services: Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Core Capabilities - Ensuring High Quality: Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Core Capabilities - Ensuring High Quality: Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Core Capabilities - Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Core Capabilities - Managing Resources Effectively: Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Core Capabilities - Managing Resources Effectively: Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Core Capabilities - Fostering Innovation: Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Core Capabilities - Fostering Innovation: Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Core Capabilities - Fostering Innovation: Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Responsibilities

Supports the licensed healthcare team in performing office examinations and procedures.
Organizes and manages clinic patient flow.
Gathers and documents patient screening data.
Assists with patient and family education.
Communicates with the patient's health care team.
Maintains supplies, equipment, and unit environmental standards.
Facilitates identification of resources to meet patient healthcare needs.
Performs/assists with procedures according to organizational/departmental standards.
Collects and documents patient screening data for the healthcare team.
Assists with patient and family education.