Medical Assistant

Shriners Children's•Shreveport, LA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families. Shriners Children's Shreveport is where hope and healing meet. We are a regional leader in pediatric orthopedics and provide comprehensive care for a full range of orthopedic conditions, including fractures, sports injuries, spine, hand, Cleft Lip & Palate and neuromusculoskeletal conditions. As pediatric orthopedic specialists, we are a multispecialty outpatient clinic that is home to the only Clinical Motion Analysis Lab in the state of Louisiana. Our orthopedic services also extend to an Outreach clinic located in Marshall, Texas. The Medical Assistant supports the medical and nursing staff in providing care and comfort to infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, adolescent, and young adult patients during outpatient clinic appointments by performing routine clinical and clerical tasks. In addition, the Medical Assistant is responsible for phlebotomy and assisting with the application and removal of casts.

Requirements

High School Diploma / GED
Basic Life Support (BLS)

Nice To Haves

Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)
Two years' experience as a Medical Assistant
Two years' pediatric care experience
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)

Responsibilities

Assists in rooming patients, taking vital signs, measurements, preparation of exam rooms, stocking supplies, assisting the physician, interacting with other departments and documentation in the electronic medical record.
Works with and under the direction of the RN.
Assists providers, nursing and other health care professionals with procedures and the intake and depart processes.
Accurately documents information in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Responsible for prepping clinic to be prepared for that day's clinic to include monitoring supplies and equipment and ordering supplies.
Utilizes good clinical judgement to identify problems and interventions with patients and families and referral to RN as needed.