Certified Medical Assistant

Job Summary:

Assists the clinical providers in caring for patients of the medical clinic. Provides quality health care in a warm and caring environment. Ensures that the provision of healthcare services takes place in a professional non-biased environment and is accomplished efficiently.

Essential Functions:

• Assists medical professional staff in providing medical care to patients of the medical clinic
• Sets up exam rooms for appropriate patient procedure.
• Assists patients into examination rooms.
• Obtains patient vitals i.e. blood pressure, temperature, weight, etc.
• Obtains chief complaint (presenting problem).
• Assists with surgical procedures.
• Assists with casting, suturing, wound debridement, and dressings.
• Accurately records patient information in their health record.
• Performs diagnostic testing on patients per medical provider's order.
• Maintains knowledge of infection control issues for proper reporting.
• Follows OSHA guidelines.
• Administers injections per written/verbal order
• Administers immunizations, allergy shots, and other injectable medications.
• Assesses patient for adverse reactions.
• Maintains frequent contact with patients.
• Communicates with other departments and outside programs to coordinate specialty care referrals, procurement of durable medical equipment, and medication pre-authorizations.
• Answers/returns telephone calls.
• Provides coordination of care with outside facilities for provider ordered diagnostic services.
• Assists with various specialty care clinics.
• Stocks rooms with consumable supplies.
• Maintains medical supply inventory.
• Provides patient education.
• Performs other duties as instructed by medical providers.
• Authorized to serve both eligible and non-eligible beneficiaries in an outreach capacity both on and off site.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a High School diploma or GED and minimum of two (2) years' experience in medical assisting preferred or a minimum of one (1) year work experience in a medical clinic setting preferred OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver's license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe's vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Current certification as a Medical Assistant required.
• Knowledge of applied medical assisting principles.
• Current CPR/First Aid Certification required.
• Ability to operate a variety of medical equipment.
• Must have knowledge and experience in use of standard computer operation and software applications.
• Must have knowledge of OSHA Guidelines.
• Must have knowledge of infection control reporting.
• Knowledge of Native American culture preferred.
• Must have a working knowledge of the Privacy Act/HIPAA and its applications.

• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Continually requires the use of vision, specifically close vision, color identification and depth perception.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• Continually required to wear plastic/latex gloves and safety shoes.
• Continually required to handle soiled laundry.
• Occasionally required to wear safety glasses.
• Occasionally exposed to compressed gases and detergents.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.