Medical Assistant - Deer Creek Primary Care Outpatient Clinic

INTEGRIS Health•Edmond, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join INTEGRIS Health as a day-shift, full-time Medical Assistant at the INTEGRIS Health Medical Group Deer Creek Primary Care Outpatient Clinic in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Medical Assistant provides direct patient care, including taking vital signs and patient histories, performing venipuncture and lab and x-ray tasks, handling referrals, and managing patient phone messages as directed by a provider or clinical supervisor. The role gathers and documents information about patient condition, contributes to patient assessment and reassessment, monitors and documents patient status, and participates in developing and implementing the plan of care. Care interventions may include medication administration, excluding narcotics. The Medical Assistant also manages a large call volume while maintaining excellent telephone etiquette, organizes workflow to meet patient needs in a timely manner, and may retrieve and transport medications. The position reports to an assigned director, manager, supervisor, or lead. INTEGRIS Health describes itself as Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system and invites caregivers to join its mission to partner with people to live healthier lives. Benefits mentioned include front-loaded PTO, medical benefits through the INTEGRIS Health network, financial assistance for continued education, and 24/7 mental health support.

Requirements

Current nationally recognized Medical Assistant certification or registration; alternatively, six months of clinic Medical Assistant experience and six months of customer service experience are stated as preferred.
CPR or BLS certification within 90 days of employment.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

Six months of clinic Medical Assistant experience and six months of customer service experience are described as preferred.

Responsibilities

Take patients’ vital signs and histories, and perform venipuncture, lab and x-ray tasks, referrals, and patient phone-message tasks as directed by a provider or clinical supervisor.
Gather and document information about patient condition, including lab values, pain levels, patient education needs, nutritional status, and potential complications.
Contribute to patient assessment and reassessment.
Monitor and document patient status.
Participate in developing the plan of care, including implementing and evaluating appropriate patient care interventions; interventions may include medication administration, 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 as needed.