Medical Assistant (PRN)

Shriners Children's • Per Diem • Shreveport, LA, US • 23h ago

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for a Medical Assistant in our Outpatient Clinic for our Shreveport, Louisiana location.

Job Overview

The Medical Assistant supports the medical and nursing staff in providing care and comfort to infant, toddler, preschool, school-age, adolescent, and young adult patients during outpatient clinic appointments byperforming routine clinical and clerical tasks. In addition, the Medical Assistant is responsible for phlebotomy and assisting with the application and removal of casts.

Responsibilities

The Medical Assistant assists in rooming patients, taking vital signs, measurements, preparation of exam rooms, stocking supplies, assisting the physician, interacting with other departments and documentation in the electronic medical record.
The Medical Assistant works with and under the direction of the RN.
Assists providers, nursing and other health care professionals with procedures and the intake and depart processes. Accurately documents information in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Responsible for prepping clinic to be prepared for that day's clinic to include monitoring supplies and equipment and ordering supplies
Utilizes good clinical judgement to identify problems and interventions with patients and families and referral to RN as needed

Qualifications

Required:

High School Diploma / GED
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

Preferred:

Two years' experience as a Medical Assistant
Two years' pediatric care experience
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)

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