Medical Assistant - PediatriCare Associates

Nationwide Children's Hospital • Toledo, OH

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About The Position

The Medical Assistant assists with the provision of quality patient care and performs required administrative tasks. The schedule is four days per week, Monday through Friday, plus one Saturday morning per month. The start time is 7:45 a.m.; the end time varies between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m.

The role may involve preparing correspondence, documents, reports, and other materials of varying complexity and confidentiality, sometimes using independent judgment. It also supports patient visits through appointment scheduling and reminder calls, rooming patients, taking and recording vital signs, heights and weights, and asking applicable screening questions. Under the delegation of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse, the Medical Assistant provides basic supportive patient care and administers approved medications. The position collects and reports data to a licensed professional, notes abnormalities, and documents findings in the medical record. It may also include precepting new staff, float staff, and students as directed.

Applicants must graduate from an accredited Medical Assistant program or have five years of equivalent experience. CPR certification through an accepted course is required. Pediatric experience is preferred. The role requires completing Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Unlicensed Assistive Personnel orientation and skills verification, along with communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, computer, and electronic medical record skills. The position has physical demands involving patient-care environments and activities such as standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, and handling blood or bodily fluids and other listed exposures.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program or five years of equivalent experience.
• CPR certification through an American Heart Association Heartsaver course with pediatric content, a Health Care Provider course, or a Red Cross equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, and professional behavior with patients and staff.
• Successful completion of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel orientation and skills verification as required and provided by Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
• Computer familiarity and literacy with general data entry.
• Ability to learn and become proficient with specific computer programs, systems, and Electronic Medical Record documentation.
• In lieu of an accredited Medical Assistant program, five years of experience with blood pressures, temperatures, respirations, pulse, height, and weight.

Nice To Haves

• Pediatric experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare correspondence, documents, reports, and other materials of varying complexity and confidentiality, sometimes using independent judgment.
• Schedule patient appointments and make follow-up and reminder calls.
• Room patients and perform clinical tasks such as taking vital signs, heights and weights, and asking applicable screening questions.
• Provide basic supportive patient care and administer approved medications under the delegation of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Collect and report data to a licensed professional, report abnormalities, and document findings in the medical record.
• Act as a preceptor for orientation and training of new staff, float staff, and students as directed.

What This Job Offers

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