communications and documenting appropriately.

• Demonstrates ability to critique own practice for error and pursues corrective action.
• Keeps informed by reading memos, emails and bulletin boards and seeking out assistance of others.
• Accepts constructive feedback about performance or behavior and initiates corrective action.
• Takes ownership of issues. Participates in projects and follows through to completion.
• Pursues education activities to maintain or enhance a current level of knowledge and competency and documents appropriately.
• Positively adjusts to health care environment and changes.
• Adheres to Personnel policies.
• Demonstrates priority setting ability and organizational skills by timely completion of assigned tasks, maintaining clean and orderly work area.
• Uses supplies, labor and equipment wisely.
• Limits personal phone calls/ cell phone use in the clinical area.
• Maintains relationships that are characterized by mutual support, open communication, trust and respect.
• Avoids destructive comments, lack of support, and negative/offensive non-verbal behaviors.
• Gives feedback to others in a private, constructive manner.
• Handles conflicts with appropriate respect for privacy and maintaining the self-esteem of those involved.
• Supports clinic request when asked to adjust work schedule during times of vacation, staff illness or clinic needs.
• Other duties as assigned

ADA ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Functions as the NextGen 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 Precautions.
• Follows established policies for safe administration of medications, treatments, and procedures.
• Meets mandatory education requirements for safety, i.e. blood borne pathogens, body mechanisms, hazardous chemicals, fire and safety procedures.
• Communicates situations of potential legal risk at time of occurrence through appropriate chain of command process.
• Able to utilize all medical equipment within scope of practice safely and appropriately

Supports patient rights to:

• Confidentiality
• Privacy
• Security
• Complaint resolution
• Cultural/Religious Issues
• Communication
• Obtains informed consent.
• Respects and supports the patients’ rights to treatment or services in accordance with clinic policy.
• Coordinates and cooperates with other caregivers for productive problem solving.
• Knows responsibility and performs efficiently as a team member in emergent situations, remaining calm,

communications and documenting appropriately.

• Demonstrates ability to critique own practice for error and pursues corrective action.
• Keeps informed by reading memos, emails and bulletin boards and seeking out assistance of others.
• Accepts constructive feedback about performance or behavior and initiates corrective action.
• Takes ownership of issues. Participates in projects and follows through to completion.
• Pursues education activities to maintain or enhance a current level of knowledge and competency and documents appropriately.
• Positively adjusts to health care environment and changes.
• Adheres to Personnel policies.
• Demonstrates priority setting ability and organizational skills by timely completion of assigned tasks, maintaining clean and orderly work area.
• Uses supplies, labor and equipment wisely.
• Limits personal phone calls/ cell phone use in the clinical area.
• Maintains relationships that are characterized by mutual support, open communication, trust and respect.
• Avoids destructive comments, lack of support, and negative/offensive non-verbal behaviors.
• Gives feedback to others in a private, constructive manner.
• Handles conflicts with appropriate respect for privacy and maintaining the self-esteem of those involved.
• Supports clinic request when asked to adjust work schedule during times of vacation, staff illness or clinic needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

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