Overview:
Grundy Center Family Practice - UnityPoint Health
Certified Medical Assistant or LPN can fill this role
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, occasional Saturdays 8am-11am; 32 hours per week
Eligible for $5000 Sign-On Bonus paid over 1 year!
Grundy Center Family Practice is looking for a Certified Medical Assistant or Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team. The ideal candidate will assist our provider and clinical staff with essential patient care duties, including obtaining vital information, preparing patients for examinations and procedures, and managing follow-up appointments. You will play a crucial role in patient education, documentation, and compliance with regulatory standards. If you are a team player with a strong commitment to patient care and quality service, we encourage you to apply.
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Responsibilities:
- Assist provider and other clinical staff with obtaining basic vital information preparing patient for examination, treatment and minor surgical procedures.
- Demonstrates competence in the clinical skills necessary to carry out assigned job duties.
- Responsible for tracking system for follow-up appointments related to office visits, laboratory tests and procedures to regularly follow patients monitoring disease status.
- Schedule referrals for patients with specialist or outpatient as requested by the provider.
- Complete appropriate forms or requisitions needed for referrals or lab testing, including appropriate CPT/ICD-10 coding.
- Answer questions and provide teaching to patients and family members. Provide appropriate and timely documentation in the patients electronic health record using standardized workflows and processes.
- Provide information to appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e. health department).
- Thoroughly understand testing (lab and procedures) values and relationship to patient status with accountability to take next steps, as appropriate to scope and licensure.
- Be aware of what is happening in clinic/department and the organization by attending clinic/department meetings, reading emails and regularly checking information on the organizations intranet site.
- Meet the department work schedule.
- Maintain compliance with CLIA, OSHA, Safety and Risk Management guidelines.
- Maintain compliance with Personnel policies and procedures.
- Monitor environmental conditions in order to secure protected health information.
- Behave in a manner consistent with all Compliance and HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.
- Demonstrate initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.
- Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to others views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.
- Perform other duties as requested by Clinic Administrator to facilitate the smooth and effective operations of the office.
Qualifications:
CMA Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited program for CMAs
- Current CMA certification through AAMA, or NCCT
- Mandatory Reporter certification CPR certification
- Meets educational/competency requirements per policy
- Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to understand and apply guidelines, policies and procedures
- Previous clinical experience in a medical office preferred
- Strong computer skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
LPN Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited program for Licensed Practical Nurses.
- High school diploma required if work is performed in a complex CLIA lab.
- Previous clinical experience in a medical office preferred.
- Current license to practice nursing in the State of Iowa/Illinois/Wisconsin for Licensed Practical Nurse.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong computer skills.
- Ability to work as a team member.
- Ability to understand and apply guidelines, policies and procedures
- Able to write, read, comprehend and speak fluent English.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.