Medical Assistant Jobs in Spokane, LA

About The Position

Requirements

• Nursing student with first clinical rotation complete, or state testing complete.
• Successful completion of a PCT Training Program within six months of the start date.
• Ability to clearly communicate with other members of the healthcare team.
• Ability to understand and follow healthcare-team directions.
• Knowledge of patient and healthcare safety standards and regulations, including falls, skin breakdown, suicide prevention, and environment of care.
• Knowledge of infection prevention and transmission-based precautions.
• Understanding of clerical duties and office-based technology.
• Knowledge of team dynamics and patient data collection and documentation.
• Knowledge of basic hygiene and activities of daily living care, feeding, hydration, nutrition, bowel and bladder elimination, and ambulation and patient mobility.
• Ability to use clinical technology and take accountability for completing assigned tasks.
• Compassionate, relationship-based approach to care.
• Ability to provide care appropriate to patients across the lifespan, from neonates to older adults.
• Required to exercise universal precautions and use personal protective equipment and devices.

Nice To Haves

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Recent experience in an acute-care and/or long-term-care facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care, including comfort, vital signs, personal care and hygiene, mobility, and unit-based specialty duties.
• Act as a liaison between patients and nurses, reporting changes or concerns to the nurse.
• Provide customer service to patients, families, visitors, and employees.
• Complete accurate, precise, and timely patient-care documentation when applicable.
• Use professional verbal and written communication.
• Follow the directions of the healthcare team and escalate concerns through the chain of command.
• Apply patient and healthcare safety standards, infection-prevention measures, and transmission-based precautions.
• Collect and document patient data, including vital signs, intake and output, and changes in patient condition.
• Assist with activities of daily living, feeding, hydration, nutrition, bowel and bladder elimination, ambulation, and mobility.
• Use clinical technology and perform clerical duties using office-based technology.
• Exercise universal precautions and use personal protective equipment and devices.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, incentives, and referral bonuses.
• 403(b) with employer contributions when eligible.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• HSA/FSA options.
• Life insurance.
• Mental health resources and discounts.
• Paid time off.
• Parental and FMLA leave.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Backup care for children and elders.
• Tuition assistance.
• Professional development and continuing education support.