Medical Assistant - Behavioral Health Urgent Care - SSM Health : Job Details

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MO-SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis

**Worker Type:**

Regular

**Job Highlights:**

***Must be certified***

3 12-hour shifts a week (9am-9pm) & 2 Saturday shifts / month.

**Job Summary:**

Administers prescribed medications to patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and maintains related medical records.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Presents medication to patient and observes ingestion or administers medication using specified procedures.

+ Takes vital signs or observes patient to detect response to medication, and reports reactions.

+ Restocks medication inventories.

+ May provide direct patient care. Ensures resident safety by identifying safety hazards and emergency situations and initiates corrective action as appropriate.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

+ Wisconsin ONLY - High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience and graduate of accredited school of medical assisting

EXPERIENCE

+ Three years' experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant standing and walking.

+ Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication.

+ Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.

+ Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Occasional lifting/moving patients.

+ Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

+ Occasional driving.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin

+ Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

**Work Shift:**

Day Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

202####### BHS DP-SL Urgent Care

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

36

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