Medical Assistant $1000 Sign On Bonus to qualified applicants
Company: St. Luke's University Health Network
Location: Bethlehem
Posted on: June 21, 2022
Job Description:
St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of
its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable
asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to
satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering
commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured;
educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and
improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a
patient's ability to pay for health care.The Medical Assistant's
(MA) primary responsibility is to assist in the delivery of health
care management for the practice. This will include actively
participating and supporting primary clinical teams. The MA is a
professional member of the interdisciplinary team and consistently
demonstrates and promotes the values of the organization. The MA
will work with and receive supervision from the practice manager,
physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. JOB
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Actively participates in maintaining and/or improving quality
improvement initiatives.
- Effectively manages the scheduling of appointments and tracking
of referrals.
- Opens and closes office as required.
- Assists in capturing patient demographic information.
- -Actively participates in department activities to include:
attends departmental meetings, actively participates as a team
member in resolution of problems as they are identified and
analyzes current procedures, bringing suggestions for improvement
to the attention of team members and supervisors for
consideration.
- Conducts pre-visit planning by reviewing and updating the
patient's medical record prior to the appointment with recent test
results and correspondence and determines needed services by
conferring with physician, nurse practitioner or physician
assistant.
- Completes pre-charting of all value based pieces up to 5 days
prior to patient's appointment. Send messages to the Care Team,
when warranted.
- Responsible for prepping patients for their examination and
escorting them into the exam room. Preparation includes: height,
weight and vital signs; update medication list; update allergies in
record; update personal, family and social history; inquire about
smoking status; obtains the reason for the visit
- Provides other patient care services as needed/directed: keeps
exam rooms clean; maintaining clinical supplies in exam rooms;
cleans and autoclaves contaminated instruments; gives injections or
immunizations; within State approved scope of practice; phlebotomy;
pulmonary functions/nebulizer; EKG, OB/GYN exams assist as
needed.
- Responsible to dispose Bio-Hazardous waste and regular waste
per practice protocol.
- -Maintains vaccine temp logs, inventory and ordering of medical
supplies (i.e.: vaccines, medications), disposing of expired sample
medication and stocking rooms to set par levels.
- As appropriate assists with scheduling outpatient testing,
pre-certifying patients for procedures and referral processing,
responds to patient communications within practice guidelines,
refill medications per practice protocol and provides patients with
information relating to their visit (info packets, vaccine advisory
sheets, etc.).
- Communicates and coordinates with providers or Care
Coordinators regarding hospital discharge, ED visits, consulting
physicians, community resources, disease management, patient
self-management, patient and/or family education on chronic
conditions, individualized patient care plan and follow-up contact
with patient as indicated to ensure compliance with
recommendations, medications, labs or other testing as well as
specialist visits.
- Reviews in-basket clinical pool messages and complete necessary
information in order to clear the message.
- Maintains referral work queue and update notes in order to
communicate with other departments.
- Maintains confidentiality of all materials handled within the
Network/ Entity as well as the proper release of information.
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS: Requires sitting, standing and
walking for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours at time). -
Requires continual use of fingers for patient care, writing and
computer entry. - Routinely uses upper extremities; occasional
requirement to lift up to 25 pounds. - Occasionally push cart with
supplies up to 30 pounds. - Occasionally push wheelchair with
patient weighing up to 325 pounds. - Regularly requires ability to
stoop, bend and reach above shoulder level. - Requires ability to
hear normal conversation and good general, near and peripheral
vision. - EDUCATION: Current certification as a Medical Assistant
from an accepted accredited organization is preferred. TRAINING AND
EXPERIENCE: Two years of experience in similar healthcare setting
is preferred. Customer service experience is strongly preferred.
BLS/CPR: Current or within 60 days of hire; through the American
Red Cross or American Heart Association. Where applicable, a
30/60/90 day on-boarding checklist will be completed during the
on-boarding process for new or transferred employees to confirm
mastery of skills relevant to the service line. This on-boarding
checklist will be acknowledged by practice leadership or a provider
when appropriate; records will be retained at the practice
location.Please complete your application using your full legal
name and -current home address. -Be sure to -include -employment
history for -the past seven (7) years, including your present
employer. - Additionally, you are -encouraged to upload a current
resume, including all work history, education, and/or
certifications and -licenses, if applicable. -It is highly
recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of
submitting your first application. -Thank you for your interest in
St. Luke's!!
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