Medical Assistant - Primary Care Clinic

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to deliver healthcare with heart and put a little love into your work. LCMC Health is a community where people make health happen, driven by a mission to bring the best possible care to everyone. We celebrate authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion, and a welcoming attitude, forming the foundation of our culture of everyday extraordinary. We encourage you to bring your unique self to work, see opportunities, cheerlead ideas and differences, and deliver one-of-a-kind care.

Requirements

Official Gap Year Student Status from Accredited Medical Schools.
Acceptance into Medical School
Admittance to a bachelor's degree program (minimum)
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association.
General knowledge of medical terminology
General knowledge pertaining to Joint Commission guidelines
Knowledge of HIPAA regulations pertaining to patient medical records
Ability to obtain and maintain accurate patient medical records.
Basic computer and data entry skills MS Office applications (Word, Excel and Power Point)
Analytical skills to determine job priorities, multi-task and work independently.

Nice To Haves

Students with MCAT, PA-CAT or GRE already scheduled or already passed preferred.

Responsibilities

Measures and records appropriate vital signs, identifies abnormal values and reports findings to the appropriate nursing staff or medical provider.
Assists with patient arrival to the clinic, schedules new and follow-up patient appointments and facilitates a smooth patient exit from clinic.
Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policy and procedure.
Provides for comfort needs of patients with consideration of age and special needs.
Demonstrates a working knowledge of clinic equipment, including preparation of equipment, testing of equipment for safety prior to use on patient, cleaning and disinfecting of equipment (between patients and at clinic’s end) according to hospital policy.
Maintains linens, supplies, equipment for clinic use and stocks exam rooms/tables appropriately.
Properly collects, prepares, secures laboratory specimens for testing and/or transport when necessary.
Documents patient medical record according to established departmental guidelines.
Properly navigates Electronic Medical Record to obtain laboratory and radiology results, coordinates the collection of outside medical records, when necessary.
Updates patient demographic data and schedules follow-up appointments.
Prepares safety reports when warranted or as directed by the Clinic Manager/designee.
Maintains privacy of patient personal health information by ensuring computer screens are secure in the absence of medical/nursing/clinical staff.
Demonstrates honesty, promptness, dependability, courtesy and respect in interactions with patients, caregivers, customers, co-workers and staff.
Consults and keeps clinic manager informed of clinic activities, requirements, and problems.
Demonstrates ability to manage patient and/or co-worker complaints in a calm, positive, non-judgmental manner, and reports these events to clinic manager on a daily basis.
Maintains strict patient confidentiality exemplified by discussing issues only with appropriate persons and in a place and manner.
Implements standard and transmission-based precautions, per hospital policy.
Ensures patient safety during clinic visits, per hospital policy.
Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to Clinic Manager or designee.
Actively participates in Quality Improvement Process, including QAPI projects and EOC Rounds.
Participates in the clinic preparation process by gathering appropriate clinical documentation for review by the medical provider.
Obtains medical records from outside facilities when needed or requested by medical provider.
Scans outside correspondence into the appropriate area of the electronic medical record.
Answers the telephone and routes calls promptly to the appropriate person.