Medical Assistant III
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September 28, 2011 (last updated 3 hours 18 min ago)
Here in Hawaii, the spirit of aloha permeates our daily actions and interactions. It's a welcoming spirit, and one that's alive and well at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii. Since 1958, we have proudly served our island communities as ohana. Today, each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the frontline of care-contributes to that ongoing mission. If you're looking to be a part of our rich heritage of care, this is the place to put your beliefs into practice.
As delegated by and under indirect supervision of clinic nursing supervisor, and with direction from charge nurse, staff nurse, or practitioner; supports practitioner and clinical team to accomplish proactive patient management. It performs variety of technical, clerical, receptionist, and patient care duties to assist practitioners and other members of health care team in providing high quality patient care through health care system. In addition, prepares sterile and un-sterile fields and assists practitioner with minor procedures and occasional office-based surgical procedures.
Essential Functions:
- Obtains, identifies and records vital signs, prevention data, medications, chief complaints and other pertinent information; demonstrates and applies critical thinking; observes, records and reports pertinent patient symptoms, reactions, condition changes, and information; immediately identifies and reports to RN or practitioner all adverse observations, reactions, conditions, or emergency situations
- Uses data systems to identify orders for prevention and screening services; provides for physical and emotional comfort, and safety of patient;
- Accepts orders from practitioner for treatments and procedures conducted in unit within scope of work and competencies; transcribes patient specific data into electronic system using practitioner generated ICD-9 and CPT codes for purposes of billing, coding, and clinical data reporting and analysis
- Prepares room and instruments for use during exam or procedure; assists practitioner or RN with wide variety of patient care procedures and tests; collects, labels, and processes specimens as required by practitioner and in accordance with policies and procedures; performs point-of-care laboratory tests as authorized by policy and delegated by nursing supervisor
- Documents patient care interactions and activities following clinic standards, including all findings, instructions, and patient responses
- Maintains and promotes clean, safe, and well-equipped environment for patients, family members, and staff; follows departmental and organizational directives to isolate and process contaminated instruments and supplies; cleans rooms, furniture, instruments, and equipment according to established polices and procedures
- Reviews, compiles, documents and prepares paper or on-line clinical records for clinical encounters; retrieves other clinical documentation and records as requested; retrieves and/or delivers mail for practitioners and healthcare team members; informs practitioner of diagnostic results to assure expeditious follow up
- Notifies practitioner of patient cancellations, postponements, and failures to show communication with co-workers and supervisor; relays pertinent information to staff members in own department or other departments; assures information is accurate and complete
- Maintains familiarity with various schedules, clinic procedures, surgeries, coding techniques, and preferences unique to individual practitioners and nursing staff
- Additional essential functions as listed in the complete job description
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