Medical Assistant

5 days ago

Oceanside, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time

Job Summary:

As a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) at Kaiser Permanente, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care in our Oceanside Family Medicine Clinic. Under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or provider, you will perform routine patient care tasks, excluding the administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures, and standards. You will also follow Quality of Service Standards and Universal Precautions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.
  • Clean or irrigate wounds after provider assessment and instructions, shave and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.
  • Reinforce standardized self-care procedures as directed by licensed provider.
  • Recognize and respond to acute emergency situations following established procedures.
  • Orient patients to system policies and practices.
  • Provide appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction.
  • Review instruction sheets with patients.
  • Administer medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider.
  • Observe and document patients' responses to medications and therapy.
  • Perform tuberculin, coccidioidin, and histoplasmin skin tests, provided they are part of a tuberculosis control program.
  • Perform immunizations, provided they are based upon written protocols.
  • Complete necessary arrangements or organize treatment rooms prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, drapes, and sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as directed.
  • Assist licensed providers with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients, and assisting as directed.
  • Provide assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping.
  • Hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician.
  • Assure the safety of patients during procedures.
  • Prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens.
  • Clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures.
  • Follow Universal Precautions.
  • Report incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.
  • Maintain departmental files, performing duties such as pulling files and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.
  • Initiate and/or complete diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephone prescriptions to pharmacies, relay medical information from physician to patient, and relay information from patient to physician.
  • Chart in patients' medical records as indicated.
  • Perform lab tests, including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, tests to determine pH, protein, PKU.
  • Perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests, and visual acuities.
  • Collect, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserve specimens for testing, including urine, sputum, and stool.
  • Participate in Department Quality Assurance activities.
  • Perform other duties as required, such as checking patients' medical records for incomplete data and relaying messages to staff personnel.

Requirements:

  • Ability to work effectively with the public.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of sterile technique.
  • Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
  • Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Vocational Nurse License (California).
  • Basic Life Support.
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.

Additional Information:

This is a part-time position working 21 to 32 hours per week. The scheduled work hours per week will be 20-32. The position may float to other North County Primary Care locations. Must successfully pass or have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program.

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