Nursing Assistant - Cancer Services - Casual - Days

Nebraska Methodist Health System; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 19,286 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

Nebraska Methodist Health System is seeking a Medical Assistant at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. The role involves preparing exam rooms, scheduling patient appointments, and assisting providers with patient treatments as needed.

This position is casual/PRN, requiring flexibility in scheduling with shifts typically from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, and completion of a Nurse Aide program is required.

Qualifications

• Completion of the Nurse Aide program and active registry is required.
• Participate in mandatory in-services and continuing education.
• Previous Medical Assistant/surgery scheduling experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare exam rooms and medical equipment according to protocol.
• Schedule patients for surgery and coordinate with departments.
• Assist providers with patient treatment and maintain clinical database.

Skills

Pleasant personality

Ability to work under stress

Education

High school diploma or GED

Completion of Nurse Aide program

Two years of college preferred

Job description

Job Summary

Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Address: 933 E Pierce St. - Council Bluffs, IA. Work Schedule: Typical shift coverage 7a-3p, Monday-Friday. This is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis; work days/hours vary.

The role includes preparing exam rooms and equipment, scheduling patient appointments, performing patient instruction, and ensuring efficient workflow.

Responsibilities

• Prepares exam rooms and equipment
  • Performance Measures: Prepare exam rooms and medical equipment according to physician protocol 95% of the time.
  • Turn rooms around timely at the beginning, in-between patients, and at the end of clinic day.
  • Independently manage ordering, stocking, and supplying of medical supplies for the clinic; correspond with linen, CSR, sterile processing, other departments as needed.
  • Independently manage equipment sterilization; ensure equipment returned to appropriate area in acceptable time.
  • Maintain work areas with stocking, cleaning, and organizing equipment and rooms.
• Prepares patient for provider exam
  • Performance Measure: Prepare patients for exam by following physician protocol 95% of the time.
  • Bring patients back and prepare them for exam following physician protocol.
  • Obtain accurate medical history, vitals, etc.; pass information to physician appropriately; stay in room during exam to document as directed.
  • Obtain practitioner requested tests, records, and lab work.
• Front desk requirements
  • Serve as backup to the front desk to answer phones, assist intake, scheduling, and manage medical records when directed.
  • Display professionalism when answering the phone.
  • Always appear willing to help a customer/patient.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
• Telephone triage
  • Performance Measures: Receive and return patient phone calls in a timely manner based on medical priority 95% of the time.
  • Accurately record and report patient's condition; report findings/follow‑up questions to provider as directed.
• Prescription renewal/inquiries
  • Performance Measures: Handle prescription refills according to department/physician direction.
  • Handle prescription renewals/inquiries in a timely manner and with accuracy.
• Patient and family education
  • Performance Measures: Educate/instruct patients according to provider direction 95% of the time.
  • Provide educational material including books, brochures, websites, and other resources.
  • Explain/review education material to patient and family as directed.
• Schedules patients for surgery/diagnostic testing
  • Performance Measures: Schedule patients for surgery accurately 95% of the time.
  • Schedule according to physician preferences.
  • Correspond with appropriate departments to coordinate specific procedures as instructed.
• Maintains doctors' surgery/office schedules
  • Performance Measures: Maintain surgery schedules adequately 98% of the time.
• Handles surgery/diagnostic testing process
  • Performance Measures: Follow process for patient registration 98% of the time.
  • Notify patients of all surgery details including when and where to report.
  • Schedule preoperative testing and physicals with primary care physicians/specialists.
  • Ensure preoperative information from specialist/primary care physician is completed and within normal limits; report abnormalities to surgeon.
  • Confirm and document all surgery instructions with patient.
  • Notify consulting and referring physicians of procedures.
• Assist providers with patient treatment
  • Assist with office biopsies and aspirations; set up sterile equipment; document specimen containers.
  • Clean and disinfect procedure room per standard procedures.
  • Use time‑out procedure as required by hospital.
  • Deliver specimens to pathology department in a timely manner.
• Maintains clinical database
  • Enter and maintain patient database tracking personal history staging information for physician use.
  • Maintain database for noninvasive breast cancer patients per NCCN guidelines.
  • Maintain database for invasive breast cancer patients per NCCN guidelines.
  • Member of Breast Leadership Program; attend meetings; assist in NAPBC accreditation.
  • Maintain survivorship database with NCCN and NAPBC compliance; distribute and review with patients.

Schedule

Typical shift coverage 7a-3p, Monday-Friday. Casual/PRN employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis; work days/hours vary week to week.

Job Requirements

Education

• High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) required.
• Two (2) years college preferred.
• Completion of the 75 or 120 hour Nurse Aide/Nurse Assistant program and active on the Nebraska DHHS Nurse Aide Registry or Iowa Direct Care Worker Registry, or completion of two (2) semesters of clinical practice in an accredited nursing program, or Medical Assistant diploma from an accredited program required.
• Participate in mandatory in‑services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies, procedures, external agencies, and supervisor directions.

Experience

• Previous Medical Assistant/surgery scheduling experience preferred.

License / Certifications

• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• Pleasant personality and courteous manner imperative.
• Ability to work under stress and distractions.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting.
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Balancing, Carrying, Crouching, Distinguish colors, Keyboarding/typing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive Motions, Standing, Stooping/bending, Twisting, Walking.
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Fingering/Touching, Grasping, Hearing, Reaching, Seeing/Visual, Speaking/talking.

Job Hazards

• Not Related: Explosives (pressurized gas), Electrical Shock/Static, Radiation Alpha, Beta, Gamma (X‑ray, CAT Scan, Gamma Knife, etc), Radiation Non‑Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves).
• Rare (1-33%): Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex), Mechanical moving parts/vibrations.
• Occasionally (34%-66%): Biological agents (primarily airborne and blood‑borne viruses), Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps), Equipment/Machinery/Tools.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.