Medical Assistant - PRN

Senior Care Partners PACE; Battle Creek (MI); Hybrid; USD 6,000 - 10,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Mileage reimbursement at IRS rate

Mission driven work

Growth opportunities

Team support

Employee assistance

Job summary

Senior Care Partners PACE seeks a PRN and FLOAT Medical Assistant to support multiple locations. You will work at least 24 hours per month, with days potentially in Kalamazoo or Calhoun County depending on need.

Responsibilities include rooming participants, collecting vitals, basic wound care, EMR data entry, administering meds and injections, and performing diagnostic tests. Strong communication and confidentiality are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a Certified or Registered Medical Assistant, with 2 years' experience preferred.
• Excellent computer skills; prior EMR experience preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication; confidentiality emphasized.
• Able to read, write, and perform basic mathematical calculations.

Responsibilities

• Rooms participants and assesses concerns, history, and vitals.
• Obtains vitals and basic measurements; assesses pain.
• Performs basic wound care and enters orders in EMR.
• Administers medications, injections, venipuncture, and vaccines.
• Processes prescription requests and nebulizer treatments.
• Performs EKG/POC tests and sterilizes equipment.
• Manages supplies and communicates with staff and families.
• Occasional home visits within scope of practice.

Skills

Excellent communication

Time management

Multitasking

Discretion/confidentiality

Reading & writing

Calculations

Patient care

Education

Certified or Registered Medical Assistant

Tools

EMR system

Computer skills

Job description

MEDICAL ASSISTANT - ORG WIDE FLOAT - PRN

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) offers a variety of services, with many of them provided onsite at a PACE Center.

Why You'll Love it Here:

• Competitive Pay
• Mileage reimbursement at IRS rate for all miles traveled from main worksite
• Mission driven work
• Relationship-centered continuity of care
• Internal opportunities for growth
• Team Support
• Employee Assistance

Primary Purpose

As a PRN and FLOAT Medical Assistant, you will work a minimum of 24 hours a month, as needed. Your day may be in Kalamazoo or Calhoun County, depending on need.

You will perform in scope clinical duties to ensure that the participant's needs are met, including rooming participants for clinical visits. Works directly with clinic staff to collect test samples, maintain participant records, and assist in basic examinations.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Rooms participants and assesses participant concerns and history.
• Obtains participant vitals, including pulse rate, pulse ox, respiration, temperature, blood pressure, height and weight and assesses for pain.
• Performs basic wound care duties as directed.
• Enters orders into the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system as required.
• Administers medications, injections, venipuncture, and vaccines.
• Processes prescription requests.
• Gives nebulizer treatments.
• Performs diagnostic tests such as EKG and POC as directed.
• Cleans and sterilizes equipment.
• Inventories and orders medical supplies and materials as needed.
• Communicates effectively with staff, participants, and families.
• Makes acute home visits as needed to provide care to participants within scope of practice.
• Answers calls, processes messages to appropriate staff, answers questions within scope, and returns phone calls as needed.
• Keeps the leader informed of problems or issues.
• Assumes other duties assigned by the leader that are within the medical assistant scope of practice.
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings in the absence of the leader.
• Must care, support, and collaborate with everyone involved in the participant's care, including the participant's family, using the patient-family centered care approach.

Qualifications

• Must be a Certified or Registered Medical Assistant, with 2 years' experience preferred.
• Excellent computer skills; previous EMR experience preferred.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Well-developed ability to show discretion and maintain confidentiality.
• Must have excellent time management skills.
• Must have the ability to read and write at a competent level to fulfill essential job responsibilities, the ability to use general office equipment (fax, phone, copier, etc.), and the ability to write legibly.
• Must be able to perform mathematical calculations as needed while performing basic job duties.
• This position requires solid critical thinking skills and the ability to effectively problem-solve.
• Must have the ability to organize daily workload, keep assigned providers on time as much as possible and to help providers manage changes to their schedule to ensure the participants receive the highest level of care. Multi-tasking skills are essential.

Specific Requirements

• Minimum of one year of experience working with the frail, elderly, or long-term care population.
• Demonstrate our core values of compassion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
• Possess current CPR certification by AHA or be willing and able to obtain it as offered by Senior Care Partners PACE
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language and follow written and oral instructions.
• Must be knowledgeable of current clinical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.