Full Job Description
LPN Licensed Practical Nurse or MA Medical Assistant
PriMED Physicians is one of Dayton’s largest and fastest growing independent medical groups. PriMED has medical offices located throughout the Dayton area. Each office is staffed with a team of compassionate professionals that focuses on our mission to provide exceptional comprehensive health care to our patients. We are doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, and office staff who share the common philosophy of providing the best care for you and your family. We are looking to fill vacancies within our offices with people who share the same passion for providing exceptional quality health care.
We are currently looking for an LPN or MA to fill a Full time position on our team.
PriMED offer Pediatrics or Family Practice at the following locations: Englewood, Huber Heights, Dayton, Beavercreek, Centerville, and Springboro.
Licensed Practical Nurse and Medical Assistant Duties include:
Procedures and Tasks:
- Assist the physician with procedures and treatments as required, including, but not limited to, pap/pelvic exams, joint aspirations, wound care, and minor office procedures. Cardiology: Treadmills-prep, instruct and observe patient; monitor machine, and record data during test; pacemaker clinic, and tilt table testing.
- General clinical duties according to policy, including, but not limited to; vital signs, injections, venipuncture, sterile/clean dressing changes, suture removal, ear/eye irrigations, urine dips, EKG, nebulizer treatments, and x-rays as required
- Assist in patient management, including but not limited to; escorting patients to exam rooms, schedule tests/procedures and prepare referrals/obtain authorization as required by insurance, review test results and communicate results to physicians and patients, and maintain patient schedule.
- Manage clinical phone calls in a timely manner, including, but not limited to, prescription refill requests, referral requests, relaying physician messages, and patient call requests.
- Proper documentation according to guidelines in policy.
- Follow all outlined processes for chronic care patients. EX: HTN, Diabetes, Etc.
- Timely completion of documentation to facilitate accurate patient summary information
- Follows all administrative policies, clinical procedures, office processes, protocols and standing orders as they exist to provide consistency in patient care.
- Identify the care needs of the patient and acts accordingly – i.e. dim lights, keep area quiet for patients who may be experiencing difficult symptoms such as headaches, vomiting, etc.
- Anticipates patient needs based on disease processes and coordinates care accordingly, i.e. HTN, DM patient processes.
- Coordinates patient’s care between facilities and referral sources, ensuring that appropriate paperwork and medical information was sent to the referral source as well as tracking that consult reports, etc. are received back and placed in the patient’s chart.
- Reviews outstanding orders during pre-visit review and obtains critical data from referral sources:
- Obtains lab and diagnostic tests, such as mammogram and colonoscopy results
- Obtains specialty office consult reports on all referred patients
- Works overdue orders “work list” and identifies gaps in patient care. Reports these gaps to the appropriate care team for follow-up
- Proactively contacts populations of patients identified with specific health requirements for care based on their conditions, including monitoring of patients with missed appointments.
- Communicates and documents patient care need via the electronic health record (EHR) tool.
- Thoroughly reviews all EHR-based patient communication to ensure that all needs/follow-up items are addressed
- Supports teamwork processes by communicating patient needs among care team members
Licensed Practical Nurse and Medical Assistant Qualifications:
- Graduate of RN, LPN, or MA program with current licensure or certification as required in the state of Ohio. Current certification in CPR.
- Minimum of one-year experience in the medical office setting is preferred.
- Experience with EHR systems.
LPN and MA Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Employee is regularly required to stand; walk; bend; lift; use hands/fingers to type, hold, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.
Licensed Practical Nurse and Medical Assistant Other Duties
Always take ownership and be accountable for your actions. This job description is a tool for you to follow while at PriMED Physicians. Other job duties may be assigned to you, this outline is not to be considered a detailed description and you may have other duties/projects assigned to meet business needs. Good and reliable attendance, positive attitude and at or above job specific goals will reflect on your annual review. Always take ownership of your job and team.
EEO Statement
PriMED Physicians provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by the state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.