Medical Office Assistant II

Job

Summary :

Under direct supervision

of RN or provider performs routine patient care

following

department policies and procedures.

Assists with patient exams and procedures, responds to members

telephone messages and provides education to members and

families.

Essential

Responsibilities :

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May perform nursing care functions

such as vital signs, removal and / or application of dressings for

assessment by licensed provider, cleaning wound after providers

assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation,

reinforce standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed

provider.

Recognizes and responds

to acute emergency situations following established

procedures.

May draw up injection

solutions for immediate use upon physician

orders.

Orients patients to system

policies and practices.

Provides

appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider

direction.

Reviews instruction

sheet with patient.

Transports

patients by assisting or lifting individuals onto mobile beds or

wheelchairs and transports / transfers patient onto other hospital or

clinic areas as directed.

Completes

necessary arrangements or organizes treatment room prior to

surgical and / or examination procedures by setting up or laying out

instruments, drapes and sponges contained in sterile trays and

assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as

directed by physician.

May assist

licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by

positioning, restraining patients and assisting as

directed.

Provides assistance in

treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and / or various

diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping; may hold clamps

or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as

specifically directed by physician.

Assures safety or patient during procedures and

transport.

May prepare and

transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory

specimens.

May clean and disinfect

instruments / equipment according to standardized

procedures.

Follow Universal

Precautions.

Reports incidents of

failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or

designee.

Maintains departmental

files, performing duties such as pulling files and assembling forms

prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as

directed.

Initiates and / or

completes diagnostic test forms per provider order, telephones

prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from

physician to patient and relays information from patient to

physician.

Charts in patient

medical records as indicated.

May

perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests,

hemocult tests, tests to determine PH., protein and

PKU.

May perform hearing and vision

tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities.

Collects, by non-invasive techniques and preserves

specimens for testing, including urine, sputum and

stool.

Participates in Departmental

Quality Assurance Activities.

Performs other duties as required, such as checking

patients medical records for incomplete data, relaying messages to

staff personnel.

Note : Specific

duties may vary depending on assignment.

Note : Bold print indicates those difference between the

Medical Office Assistant I and II

classifications.

These

responsibilities are specific to the Medical Office Assistant

II.

Basic

Qualifications : Experience

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If

position is for Pediatrics, it requires minimum of one (1) year

pediatric or equivalent

experience.

Education

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Completion

of a program in Medical Office Assistant with Certification and

equivalent of six (6) months experience or twelve (12) months

equivalent experience in lieu of certification

required.

License,

Certification, Registration

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• N / A

Additional

Requirements :

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Ability

to give and follow oral and written

instructions.

Ability to work effectively with

the public.

Demonstrated knowledge of the

sterile techniques.

Valid CPR Prescription call

in for ambulatory care

setting.

Notes :

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Schedule

work hours will be 20 - 32 per week.

Floating

location Garfield Specialty Center and all future

locations.