Certified Medical Assistant (MA) - Family Medicine, Newport Health Center, Per Diem

Job description

Overview Supports the Physician Practice by providing quality, individualized care according to established standards. Responsibilities: General Clinical Practice: - Utilizes accepted processes of care in interactions with all patients, to include: documenting symptoms and vital signs, and responses to interventions, reporting progress to providers. - Collects assessment data and reports to provider or RN, per practice protocol. - Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the populations served. - Adheres to the practice standards and procedures of the Practice in the administration of medications and patient care activities, per practice protocol. - Documents care provided using Practice Group standards to include: filing lab results and reporting untoward results to Physician/Practitioner - Provides education to patient and families based on assessment of learning needs - Assists Physician/Practitioner with procedures as requested and performs simple lab tests in the office - Creates and maintains the patient care environment to include: meeting all safety standards, maintaining cleanliness and inventory of supplies and sterility/cleanliness of equipmen...