Family Practice Clinic LPN or Medical Assistant
Family Practice Clinic LPN or Medical Assistant
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Job Description
IberiaMedical Center (IMC) in New Iberia LA is looking for team members who willhelp advance our vision to be the premier hospital of choice for patientsphysicians and employees. Weve been caring for our community for over 60 yearsand offer many diverse career paths. Our new employees experience opportunitiesto learn and grow while caring for their families friends and neighbors.
IMCis currently hiring a Physician PracticeLPNor Medical Assistant. TheLPN orMedicalAssistantsupervises directs and monitors the clinical careassigned to her / him. TheLPN or MedicalAssistantadministersmedications vaccines and performs related duties. TheLPN orMedicalAssistantmust demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessaryto provide care based on physical psycho/social education safety and relatedcriteria for the pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric population.
EDUCATION
- High School diploma
- Graduate of state approved LPN school or MA diploma
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION
- Current license as LPN in state of Louisiana or Certified Medical Assistant
- CPR
TRAINING/EXPERIENCE
- Previous experience preferred but not required
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to interact courteously and tactfully with patients Physicians staff management volunteers and contract employees.
- Ability to triage patients perform CLIA waved tests administer vaccinations and injections under supervision of a Physician.
JOBKNOWLEDGE
- Basic knowledge of the nursing process and nursing principles.
- Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
- Thorough knowledge of nursing procedures.
PRINCIPLETASKS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrates respect for patients andfamilies.
- Maintains and protects confidentialityregarding all aspects of patient care.
- Applies the clinical process to each patientand implements clinical actions.
- Knowledge and the ability to set up and assistwith all surgical/diagnostic/treating procedures in the office.
- Assisting with doing messages daily.
- Triaging and assisting patients during clinichours.
- Scheduling diagnostic testing (CT U/S MRIetc).
- Doing precertification for tests if needed.
- Call patients to notify them of date timelocation and any special instruction pertaining to test.
- Making sure orders and precertifications arefaxed to the appropriate site.
- Assisting with patient call back when newsample medication has been started.
- Assisting with stocking rooms and making surethat all supplies are in the rooms to complete daily tasks.
- Assisting with giving an up to date list tofront office staff on supply order in a timely manner (approx.. every 3rd week of the month to keep monthly costs down and less likely to run out ofsupplies this way).
- Knowledge of how to properly sterile packageand label surgical instruments.
- Knowledge and assisting with how to ordermedication from the pharmacy.
- Assisting with medication refills (faxedrefills CareTracker refills or patients phone calls).
- Entering accurate quality measures in EMR.
- Phlebotomy.
- Assisting with other clerical duties but notlimited to; answering phones scheduling appointments taking messages filinglab results in appropriate patient chart etc.
- Participates in departmental and hospital improvement plan
- Functions as a positive role model for peersand promotes a professional image of Iberia Medical Center.
- Maintains confidentiality security andintegrity of patient and organizational data.
- Consistently lives by Iberia Medical CentersStandards of Performance.
- Adheres to the Patient Safety Guidelines.
COMPETITIVE BENEFITS
- Great medical benefit plan
- Participation in robust state pension plan
- Dental vision life insurance disability and more!
Employment Type
Full-Time
