Medical Assistant - Pediatrics
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PeaceHealth seeks a Medical Assistant - Pediatrics for a part-time, 0.80 FTE, day position in Ketchikan, United States. Duties include patient care support.
Salary
Not provided
Location
Ketchikan, United States
Employment type
Full time
Workplace
Not provided
Medical Assistant - Pediatrics
Ketchikan, United States
Job description
About the role
PeaceHealth is seeking a Medical Assistant - Pediatrics for a part-time, 0.80 FTE, day position in Ketchikan, United States. PeaceHealth has served Southeast Alaska communities since 1923. Its services include Ketchikan Medical Center, a 25-bed critical-access hospital, and a 29-bed long-term care facility.
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients for examination and treatment or an anesthesia interview, as applicable.
- Take and record patient history and vital signs, as applicable.
- Prepare examination and treatment rooms, and select, set up, and maintain medical supplies and equipment for examinations, procedures, or anesthesia interviews.
- Give injections, apply splints and dressings, and facilitate simple wound management under provider orders.
- Prepare and maintain treatment supplies and equipment, including sterilization.
- Transport specimens, assist with scheduling tests and appointments, maintain patient files and records, enter data into the electronic medical record, and screen patient calls for appropriate clinical staff or a physician, as applicable.
- Collaborate with a variety of personnel and departments.
Key facts
- Part-time position at 0.80 FTE.
- Day position.
- Location: Ketchikan, United States.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Medical Assistant - Pediatrics role involve?
Responsibilities include preparing patients and examination rooms, recording patient history and vital signs, and supporting treatments and procedures.
What patient care tasks may be performed?
The role includes giving injections, applying splints and dressings, and facilitating simple wound management under provider orders.
Does the position include administrative duties?
As applicable, duties may include scheduling tests and appointments, maintaining patient records, entering electronic medical record data, and screening patient calls.