Medical Assistant, Ambulatory Float Pool, 24 Hour, Days

h1spanAre you a current UMass Memorial Health caregiver? /span a href="http://www.myworkday.com/ummh/d/inst/13102!CK5mGhIKBggDEMenAhIICgYI1A0Q_wE~*QIicexHeI1U~/cacheable-task/2998$46522.htmld" target="_blank"Apply now through Workday./a/h1h1/h1h1/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bExemption Status:/b/pNon-Exemptp/ppbHiring Range:/b/p$20.60 - $35.28pspan style="font-size:inherit"Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s /spanbspan style="font-size:inherit"experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations/span/bspan style="font-size:inherit"./span/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bSchedule Details:/b/pMonday through Fridayp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bScheduled Hours:/b/ptypically 8a-430pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bShift:/b/p1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bHours:/b/p24p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bCost Center:/b/p10020 - 0156 Ambulatory Float Poolp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"bUnion:/b/pSHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"spanThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview /spanprocess./pp style="text-align:inherit"/ph1/h1h1bEveryone Is a Caregiver/b/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"spanAt UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day./span/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pUnder the direction of the appropriate licensed clinician, the Medical Assistant II (MA II) provides clinical care and performs clerical duties to support office/clinic functions. Will receive workplace education and training to assist providers and the healthcare team in the care of patients.p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/pdivdivpbspanspanI/spanspan. /span/spanspanspanMajor/spanspan Responsibilities: /span/spanspan /span/b/p/divdivpspanspan1. Escorts patients to examination rooms, take and record vital signs such as blood pressures, temperatures, height, weight, /spanspanetc.  /spanspanCollects and documents patient health status, history, and documents and monitors patient progress following standard procedures/spanspan.  /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan2. Performs EKG’s, phlebotomy, Point of Care (POC) tests according to clinic/office standards/spanspan.  /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan3. May prepare, document, and administer non-intravenous injections as directed or required by office/clinic, within scope of practice./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan4. Assists/spanspan in performing routine physical examination or clinical procedures. /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan5. Reviews laboratory results and ensures abnormal results are /spanspanimmediately/spanspan brought to the attention of the physicians and others, as /spanspanappropriate/spanspan./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivp/p/div/divdivdivpspanspanStandard Staffing Level Responsibilities:  /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan1./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanComplies with/spanspan established departmental policies, /spanspanprocedures,/spanspan and /spanspanobjectives/spanspan./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan2./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanAttends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as /spanspanrequired/spanspan or directed./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan3./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanParticipates/spanspan in the /spanspanuse of Quality Improvement in daily operations./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan4./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanComplies with/spanspan all health and safety regulations and requirements./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan5./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanRespects diverse views and approaches, /spanspandemonstrates/spanspan Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and /spanspanmaintaining/spanspan an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, /spanspanpatients/spanspan and visitors./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan6./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanMaintains/spanspan, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan7./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanPerforms other similar and related duties as /spanspanrequired/spanspan or directed./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspan /span/p/divdivpspanspanAll responsibilities are essential job functions./span/spanspan /span/pp/p/divdivpbspanspanII./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanPosition/spanspan Qualifications:/span/spanspan /span/b/p/divdivpbspanspanLicense/Certification/Education:/span/spanspan /span/b/p/divdivpbspanspanRequired:/span/spanspan /span/b/p/divdivpspanspan1. High School Diploma or equivalent./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan2. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) or Heart Saver (HS) certification from the American Heart Association. If not available upon hire, a BLS/HS must be obtained within 3 months from date of hire. If certification is not obtained within 3 months of hire, the employee may be /spanspanterminated/spanspan or /spanspanemployee/spanspan may apply for another position for which they meet the minimum qualifications.  /span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspanspan3. Medical Assistant credential, approved by the Massachusetts Department of Health (ARMA, NHA, etc.)./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspan /span/p/divdivpspanspanUnless certification, licensure or registration is /spanspanrequired/spanspan, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides /spanspanproficiency/spanspan in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements./span/spanspan /span/p/div/divdivpspan /span/p/divdivpspanspanDepartment-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and /spanspanmaintained/spanspan in the individual departments/spanspan.  /spanspanThe competencies will be /spanspanmaintained/spanspan and attached to the departmental job description/spanspan. /spanspanResponsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents./span/spanspan /span/p/divdivpspan /span/p/divdivpbspanspanI/spanspanII/spanspan./span/spanspanspan /span/spanspanspanPhysical/spanspan Demands and Environmental Conditions:/span/spanspan /span/b/p/divdivpspanspanPosition requires work indoors in a patient care office or clinic environment. Hand dexterity, /spanspanhearing/spanspan and vision ability to take direction from a patient or provider, adjust equipment, /spanspanobserve/spanspan and describe patient observations/spanspan.  /spanspanMust be able to /spanspanlift,/spanspan up to 50 pounds. Work is of medium demand, standing and walking most of the time with the possibility of pushing heavy equipment and bending /spanspanfrequently/spanspan./span/spanspan /span/p/divp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status./pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day./pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law./pp style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:left"If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan class="WDM0"talentacquisition#64;umassmemorial.org./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible./pp style="text-align:inherit"/ph1/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/pp style="text-align:inherit"/ph1/h1p style="text-align:inherit"/p