Medical Assistant 2

Description: 

Under direct supervision and within established scope of practice, assists the provider with examinations, treatments, and special procedures of patients as directed by San Ysidro Health policies and procedures in a clinic setting.

Essential Functions:

• Upholds San Ysidro Health’s Policies and Procedures, Core Values and competencies and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Performs routine patient care functions as prescribed by licensed health care providers following established clinical protocols and policies and procedures within defined scope of education, training and responsibilities.
• Assists assigned physician(s) and/or other health care professional(s).
• Performs routine clerical functions as assigned (i.e. data entry, answering, screening, and directing phone calls as needed and scheduling appointments).
• Completes chart preparation and huddles with Provider to effectively plan for scheduled patients.
• Completes outreach utilizing recall lists and implements standing protocols to address care gaps.
• Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and other pertinent information as required by specific clinic.
• Documents pertinent patient information, procedures and patient responses in patients' EHR, following established SYH guidelines and maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination.
• Applies principles of aseptic technique and infection control as directed by the Infection Control policy and procedures.
• Handles inventories and orders and replenishes medical supplies and materials throughout the day as needed.
• Performs point of care testing, including but not limited to urine tests, pregnancy tests, A1C, and others as directed.
• Assists the physician with therapeutic and diagnostic patient care functions which may require sterile technique, removal or application of dressings, suturing or wound care.
• Performs inhalation treatments, EKG, visual testing, and audiometric testing.
• Prepares and administers immunizations and medications (oral and injections) as directed by physician order and in accordance to SYH policy and procedure.
• Participates and responds, when assigned to clinical emergency codes.
• Autoclave: cleaning, processing, sterilizing and checking of instruments.
• Immunization coordination: oversight and management of clinic’s routine and emergency vaccine plan.

Specific Functions for the Mi Clinica Clinic:

• New Employee Health screening coordination.

• Lab order processing.
• Daily and monthly QA on all clinic equipment.
• Maintain Nursing inventory logs.
• Clinic use medication ordering.
• Other related duties as assigned.
   

Customer Service/ Patient-Centered Care

• Practices customer service standards as defined by SYH and specified clinic.
• Anticipates the customer's needs, takes proactive steps to meet those needs, by listening and taking responsibility within scope to ensure issues are resolved.
• Promptly responds to alarms and patient requests.
• Facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.
• Assures a clean, orderly, and functional work environment.