Medical Assistant

Marimn Health All positions are filled based on Tribal Preference. We conduct pre-employment drug screening. Please note that this position is in Plummer,  opportunities are available.

Come work for Marimn Health - voted one of the Best Places to Work in the Inland Northwest in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 AND 2022 and Modern Healthcare's Family Friendliest Employer in 2020!

Fantastic benefits, flexible schedules, paid holidays and ability to choose vacation times!

Your employer paid benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Prescription, and Vision for employee and all legal dependents.
• 401(k) plan with 5% employer match after 1 year of employment.
• Employer paid life insurance.
• Short and long term disability.
• Generous PTO with the ability to earn additional personal days.

High School diploma or GED required. Completion of a Medical Assistant Program required. A current or eligibility to acquire MA certificate within 6 months of employment required. One year of experience in a health care setting, phlebotomy, procedure assistance and injection skills. EMR experience preferred. Typing skills of at least 35 wpm preferred. Current Basic Life Support/CPR certification required and/or willingness to obtain within 3 months of employment.

Must have received or be willing to receive COVID
19 vaccination per current hiring policies.

• Hearing: within normal limits with or without use of corrective hearing devices.
• Vision: adequate to read 12-point type with or without use of corrective lenses.
• Must be able to verbally interact with staff, clients and public.
• Manual dexterity of hands/fingers for writing, computer input.
• Able to lift up to 25-100 lbs. (assist in transfer of patients)
• Stand 40% of the day.
• Walking 60% of the day.
• Pushing up to 30-100 lbs., (i.e. crash cart, stretcher, or wheelchair)
• Pulling up to 25-80 lbs.

• Functions as the Next Gen Master on the nurse/provider team, ensuring that provider documentation is complete, accurate, and timely.
• Obtains patients’ complaint/reason for visit using HPI template in EHR.
• Obtains appropriate vital signs, including weights and heights under Nurse Documentation. Also able to recognize normal and abnormal ranges.
• Able to recognize and evaluate changes in patient status and initiate action when appropriate.
• Obtains the appropriate information, specimens, lab results, x-ray results and health history from patients to prepare them for the clinical provider.
• Assists clinicians with procedures, such as minor surgical procedures, and prepares the exam room and instruments for these procedures.
• Performs procedures that are within appropriate scope of practice (for example, tympanography, audiometry, spirometry, administration of medications, venipuncture (blood draws), performing EKG’s, performing vision screening, dressing changes and suture removals.)
• Provides and documents patient education including rationale for medication administration, medication side effects, explanation of medications and procedures, prescription usage and directions, test results.
• Able to anticipate medical providers’ needs.
• Operates and maintains appropriate medical equipment.
• Ensures patient education/teaching plan by patient needs.
• Access resources for referrals as needed and sets up referral appointment for patients if applicable.
• Ensures complete, accurate and timely documentation within the electronic health record including the right patient, right encounter date/time and appropriate provider.
• Able to select appropriate reason for visit, able to utilized HPI template.
• Able to input vital signs, allergies, medications, past medical history, past diagnostic information, family history, social history, confidential information, review of systems, update diabetic and/or Coumadin flowsheet, and/or any procedure completed into Next Gen/EHR.
• Able to order Immunizations, drug injections, lab, x-ray and print labs.
• Able to accurately and completely fill out an ROI.
• Transfers information is documented accurately, completely and in a timely manner for patients’ transfer to other health care facility.
• Able to input information into the EMR quickly and efficiently.
• Practices Universal…