Med Assistant Pc I
Med Assistant Pc I
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Overview
Medical Assistant Perinatal Center
Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift
Perinatal Center Overview:
At Fort Sanders Perinatal Center were here for women with pregnancies that require extra care and were ready to help you make the best healthcare decisions from conception through delivery. For more than 25 years weve provided comprehensive highrisk pregnancy services and delivered over 26000 highrisk babies at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.We offer a range of care services for higherrisk pregnancies including mothers over age 35 multiples complications birth defects issues such as diabetes or hypertension or pregnancies after infertility.
Our main office is located atFort Sanders Regional Medical Center.We also have offices in West Knoxville Morristown and Sevierville to ensure you get the right care in the right place. We are proud to be a member ofCovenant Health.
Position Summary:
Under general supervision performs basic nursing procedures on patients. Assists physicians or practitioner with examinations procedures and other processes related to direct patient care.
If you have any questions please contact Recruiter: Sarah Grey
Responsibilities
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures objectives Quality Assessment program safety environmental and infection control standards.
- Performs basic nursing procedures such as weighing patients taking vital signs and listening to fetal heart tones. Performs venipunctures blood sugars and other lab procedures as indicated.
- Retrieves initial basic evaluation of patient and reports to appropriate practitioner.
- Maintains a safe comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families during visit; demonstrates sensitivity to patients comfort and privacy.
- Assists physicians or practitioner with examinations various OB/GYN procedures and other processes related to direct patient care.
- Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and necessary equipment.
- Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patients medical records. Maintains all required reports statistics etc. Assists with filling out lab requests and filing lab results in patients chart.
- Inspects area daily for compliance with policies procedures regulations and standards and takes corrective action when appropriate.
- Assists with cleaning instruments and cleaning and restocking examination rooms on a daily basis. Transports instruments to sterile processing as needed.
- Obtains informed consent after procedure has been explained to patient.
- Demonstrates competence in performing critical skills to include appropriate delivery of care according to agespecific needs of the population served.
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs current literature inservice meetings and workshops.
- Attends meetings as required.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience:
One 1 year related experience required or new graduate with less than 1 year experience.
Licensure Requirement:
Certified Medical Assistant required. CPR required.
Employment Type
Full-Time
