Medical Assistant - Lung Institute/Pulmonary Clinic

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: VLI Clinical Job Summary: Supports the licensed healthcare team in performing office examinations and procedures by organizing and managing clinic patient flow, gathering and documenting patient screening data, assist with patient and family education and communication with patient's health care team. . Position Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 (Flexible) No Nights No Holidays No Weekends We are looking to add a medical assistant to our Pulmonary clinic team at The Vanderbilt Clinic. We see a variety of patients in the clinic including patient populations such as Lung Transplant, Thoracic Surgery, Interventional Pulm, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cystic Fibrosis, and others. Medical assistants in this clinic contribute to the team by means of ensuring efficient clinic flow (rooming patients to see the providers), performing EKGs, giving vaccines, assisting in our procedure room during thoracentesis procedures, and other clinic-related tasks. This position works with nurses, MAs, respiratory therapists, schedulers, doctors, pharmacists, and more throughout the day. Position works most closely with one other MA and two LPNs and several RNs. We are looking for a team-oriented individual who has a passion for helping patients through their healthcare journey. Full-time, five days per week(M-F). No holidays, no weekends, no after-hours. Come join our team!

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• Clinical Patient Documentation (Fundamental Awareness): Has limited experience or training working with clinical applications for patient documentation.
• Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Responsibilities

• Directs and supports patient flow as well as unit operations by maintaining 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.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed