About the role

Join CommonSpirit Health's Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed community hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, dedicated to advancing health for all. The Medical Assistant supports clinical operations by preparing patient charts, recording vital signs, and assisting providers with procedures to ensure efficient and empathetic patient care.

Skills

Patient care Vital signs monitoring Phlebotomy Specimen collection Medical charting Instrument sterilization Patient scheduling Clinical documentation Infection control Medical equipment maintenance

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Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-proﬁt, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Medical Assistant, you'll keep the day running smoothly and efficiently for your patients and clinical team. Every day, you will take the lead on proactively preparing patient charts, ensuring all information is obtained and up-to-date for those seen in our facility. You can expect to have multiple patients daily depending on the number of physicians are on-site. Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others, work efficiently, and your empathy for our patients.

Performs general nursing care to patients by following established standards and procedures.
Greet and prepare patients for the health care provider.
Obtain and record vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting problem.
May be required to draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis.
Assist with scheduling patients for diagnostic testing and follows up to ensure completion of testing.
Assist with preparing, cleaning and sterilizing instruments and maintain equipment; keep patient exam rooms clean and orderly; dispose of contaminated items according to protocol.

Job Requirements

Required

High School Graduate General Studies, upon hire or
High School GED General Studies, upon hire
Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

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