Lab Medical Assistant - Houston, United States - Oncology Consultants
Description
"You can make a difference in the life of an oncology patient and find your career satisfaction by joining our team of healthcare professionals today."
About Oncology Consultants
Oncology Consultants has been a premier adult medical oncology & hematology practice in Houston, TX for over 40 years.
Our healthcare team is committed to providing state of the art cancer treatment in a caring environment as we continue to expand our oncology services in the metropolitan region.
Benefits:
- Insurances: Life, medical, dental, short term and longterm disability
- 401K
- Free parking
- PTO
- Holidays
- Competitive salary
- Employee Assistant Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Continuing Medical Education Allowance
- Pet Insurance
About the Position
The role of the Lab Medical Assistant is to facilitate the delivery of oncology patient care under the supervision of the licensed nurse and/or physician.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This position requires excellent Phlebotomy skills and:
- Multi-tasking
- Good computer skills
- Positive work attitude
- Personable and Outgoing personality
- Flexibility
- Bilingual in English/Spanish A+
Duties consist of but not limited to:
- Venipunctures / Finger stick
- Process Blood specimens
- Performs quality control testing, instrument maintenance and troubleshooting
- Vital Signs / Triage
- Assisting physician
- Additional clinic related tasks as need
- Laboratory services
- Process lab orders per practice policy
- Transfer CBC results to electronic medical record / clinical database
- Clinic admissions
- New patient admission
- Full vital signs, including respirations
- Height and Weight (measured, no verbal reports unless Wt >350)
- Interview form
- Initiate EMR chart
- Allergies
- Vital signs
- MD clinic patient triage
- Medication list update
- Vital signs
- Performance status
- Assisting MD with clinic visit exams as needed
- PAP / Pelvic exams
- Rectal / Stool Occult Blood
- Transport patients via wheelchair as needed
- Documentation of care delivered
- Assist nursing staff in return of patient messages
- Return calls for routine MD followup / testing appointments
- Delegated by Team leader when the nurse is out of office
- Transcribe messages from voice mail,
- Pull charts for message
- Clinic Admissions
- The MA admits patients to the clinic area as appointed
Vital signs are obtained:
weight, height, BP, temperature, pulse, respirations. Deviations from the norm are reported to the nurse / M.D. Laboratory samples are
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