Training Medical Assistant Resident General Surgery

About the Role

As a Medical Assistant Resident at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:

Key Responsibilities

• Providing Patient Care: Under the direction of the Clinician, providing care to patients by assisting the provider to gather information that is relative to the patient’s visit and condition.
• Effective Communication: Communicating clearly with patients seeking care through different modalities including telephone and in-person interactions.
• Team Collaboration: Working with cross-functional teams to collaborate on patient care. Attention to detail and follow through are key components in helping to provide the care that is needed.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare provider
• Required to enroll in a Medical Assistant program within six months of hire and complete within twelve months of enrollment.
• Demonstrated basic computer skills involving word processing and data entry.
• Professional manner and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with patients and fellow caregivers to deliver the highest level of customer/patient satisfaction.
• Ability to protect privacy, confidentiality, and Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, members, and caregivers.

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical role (EMT, CNA, Medic, paramedic) is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a healthcare setting is strongly preferred.
• Computer literacy in using electronic medical records (EMR) systems and other relevant software is strongly preferred.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
• Includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
• Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.
• Includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.

Location: Holy Rosary Hospital, Miles City, Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Hourly Range: $19.50 - $26.48