Job Description Summary
West Ashley Primary Care
Our ever-growing small primary care clinic provides essential overall care for patients and acts as a coordinator for any specialty care needs. Staff in this clinic room patients, take vital signs and health history. Staff also perform point of care testing for flu, Covid, Strep, Hemoglobin A1C, and urinalysis. They also assists the physicians with minor procedures and gives injections. Clinical staff may also assist front staff with checking-in/checking-out patients.

Job Summary:
Responsible for quality patient care under the direction of a physician or licensed healthcare provider in a clinical practice. Duties to include rooming patients, taking vitals and health history, documenting in an electronic medical record, giving injections and assisting with minor procedures.

Entity
MUSC Health Partners (MHP)

Worker Type
Employee

Worker Sub-Type
Regular

Cost Center
CC000105 CFC PC West Ashley Primary Care CC

Pay Rate Type
Hourly

Pay Grade
Health-20

Scheduled Weekly Hours
40

Work Shift
Day (United States of America)

Job Description

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinates care and functions as a liaison between registration staff and clinical staff to facilitate the efficient flow of patients throughout the system. Rooms patients, taking vitals and health history.
  
• Confers with physicians regarding need, urgency, and appropriateness of visits, if needed. Assesses and reviews physician orders to assist with scheduling patients in a timely fashion.
  
• Documents all patient care activities in the electronic medical record to include disposition of patient telephone calls, medication list, etc. Generates ancillary requests updates medicines as needed in EMR (electronic medical record).
  
• Gives injections and assists with minor procedures.
  
• Participates in performance improvement /research activities designed to improve patient care, and/or organizational processes.
  
• May be asked to assist with front and clinical areas in the absence of other staff.
  

Additional Job Description

Required Minimum Training and Education: High school diploma or equivalent. Completion of an accredited medical assisting program with one year of patient care experience preferred.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations: Must be certified through American Medical Technologist (AMT), American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), National Healthcareer Association (NHA), National Association of Healthcare Professionals (NAHP), Medical Career Assessments (MedCA), Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA), or National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT). Current BLS required.

Physical Requirements:Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting. Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions. Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors. Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36” to overhead 25 lbs. Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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