About the Role
As a Medical Assistant at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care. At Intermountain, you will be part of a team that values career advancement, innovation and collaboration, where your skills are valued, and your contributions make a lasting impact.
Responsibilities
- Providing Patient Care: Under the direction of the Clinician, providing care to patients by assisting the provider to gather information that is relative to the patient’s visit and condition.
- Effective Communication: Communicating clearly with patients seeking care through different modalities including telephone and in-person interactions.
- Team Collaboration: Working with cross functional teams to collaborate on patient care. Attention to detail and follow-through are key components in helping to provide the care that is needed.
Requirements
- Successful completion of a Medical Assistant Program or one year of Medical Assistant Experience or a current RN/LPN license
- Current Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers. Must be obtained prior to start date
- Demonstrated basic computer skills involving word processing and data entry.
- Professional manner and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with patients and fellow caregivers to deliver the highest level of customer/patient satisfaction.
- Ability to protect privacy, confidentiality, and Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, members, and caregivers.
- Experience in an outpatient clinic or other healthcare setting.
- Computer literacy in using electronic medical records (EMR) systems and other relevant software.
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
- Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
- Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
- May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
Skills
- Medical Assistant Program completion
- Medical Assistant Experience
- RN/LPN license
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
- Basic computer skills
- Word processing
- Data entry
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
- Customer/patient satisfaction
- Privacy
- Confidentiality
- Protected Health Information (PHI) protection
- Outpatient clinic experience
- Healthcare setting experience
- Electronic medical records (EMR) systems
- Manual dexterity
- Computer use
- Typing
- Patient transfer
- Lifting
- Bending
- Carrying supplies and equipment
- Walking
- Transporting/ambulating patients
- Pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment
- Navigating crowded rooms
- Standing for extended periods
- Driving
- Verbal communication
- Hearing
- Understanding spoken information
Location
- Good Samaritan Hospital
- Lafayette, Colorado
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1 year of Medical Assistant Experience
Education Level
- Medical Assistant Program
Salary/Compensations
- $20.88 - $31.09 per hour
Benefits
- Generous benefits package covering a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
About the Company
- Intermountain Health is committed to helping people live the healthiest lives possible.
- Intermountain values career advancement, innovation and collaboration.
- Intermountain uses the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience.
Equal Opportunity
- Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
