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Medical Assistant, Wound Care Center
Hendricks Regional Health. Assist in the delivery of health care and patient care management in a clinical capacity .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Assist in the delivery of health care and patient care management in a clinical capacity
- Provide patient care for facility clients and identify abnormal parameters indicating clients at risk
- Respond to telephone calls and triage appropriately
- Provide patient reassurance, teaching, and direction
- Ensure efficient healthcare service delivery throughout patient visits
- Complete, update, and maintain accurate medical records
- Initiate patient contact and prepare patients for examinations
- Obtain vital signs, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, medical history, and chief complaint
- Observe abnormal signs and symptoms, communicate conditions to physicians, and document findings
- Ensure patient understanding of physician instructions at discharge
- Document medical record entries and charge information in the electronic medical record for billing
- Assist physicians with testing, treatment procedures, splints, dressings, sample medications, minor surgeries, and physicals
- Perform physician-ordered laboratory tests and treatments
- Arrange and administer necessary patient testing or admissions, obtain referrals, retrieve test results, and notify patients
- Distribute patient education materials and assist with treatment and medication-use instruction
- Maintain laboratory logs
- Stock, organize, clean, and maintain patient care areas, exam rooms, equipment, instruments, and supplies
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
What you’ll need- Graduation from accredited high school
- Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant Program or accredited Nursing Program
- Ability to provide patient care according to standards and guidelines
- Ability to triage telephone calls appropriately
- Ability to obtain vital signs, medical histories, and chief complaints
- Ability to assist physicians with testing, treatments, splints, dressings, minor surgeries, and physicals
- Ability to perform prescribed laboratory tests and treatments
- Ability to maintain accurate electronic medical records and billing charge information
- Ability to obtain appropriate consents before invasive procedures or immunizations