CMA III - Urology

Certified Medical Assistant III - Urology

Position Overview:

The Medical Assistant will be an advocate for the patient’s needs by collaborating with both the patient and their care team to ensure that the patient receives the highest level of care. As a Medical Assistant, you can look forward to creating strong bonds with your patients and co-workers and have multiple opportunities for growth and development.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Key Responsibilities:

• Collects subjective and objective health status data from the patient or caregiver and communicates data to healthcare provider
• Follows through on the patient’s plan of care under the direction of the provider
• Communicates the provider’s written instructions for care to the patient, or caregiver
• Participates in care for patients, across the lifespan, in all phases of preventative care, health maintenance, treatment, and follow-up as patients move in and out of care settings
• Obtains vital signs, prepares patients for examinations, observes and reports patients’ signs or symptoms, and performs point of care testing
• Maintains established office/clinic policies and procedures, goals, performance improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards, and protocols.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients and families per office/clinic standards.
• Provides general aspects of care that meet psychosocial or physical needs or both simultaneously, within the nursing assistant’s scope of practice.
• Meets communication needs of patients.
• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Finds and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family.
• Demonstrates performance reflecting the initiative and responsibility expected of a nursing assistant.
• Performs other duties as assigned, within the Nursing Assistant’s scope of practice.
• Helps in admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Performs basic patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age.
• Notifies proper licensed personnel when patient complains of pain.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate to the RN or LPN any observed changes in patient status and responses.
• Maintains awareness of the needs of the pediatric, geriatric, and general patient population.
• Response is proper to the patient in emergencies or physically distressful situations.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Maintains confidentiality of protected health information, including verbal, written, and electronic communications.
• Assist with orientation of new employees
• Maintains a working knowledge of all equipment used in treatment of patients.
• Maintains and replaces supplies on unit assigned.
• As a condition of employment, completes all assigned training and skills competency.
• Performs other duties as assigned, within the CMA III scope of practice.
• Other duties as assigned.

McKenzie Health reserves the right to assign, reassign, or eliminate duties and responsibilities as necessary. The description of critical job features is not exhaustive and may change as deemed appropriate.