Overview

The Regional Cancer Center is looking for a full time medical assistant to provide support to their operation. The main responsibility here will be rooming patients, taking vitals and documenting information into the EMR system (EPIC) and providing overall clinical support to the site. The cancer center has a full front office an administrative staff, so medical assistant responsibilities will be limited to the back office. The staff at this clinic are close knit - there isn't a lot of turnover in this department and most of the staff are fairly tenured.

The Gig Harbor location is not has high volume as some of the other cancer centers - but this still going to be a fairly fast paced environment in which the medical assistant stepping into this role can expect to be fairly busy - they will be working in a 1:1 relationship with a provider and rooming upwards of 15-20 patients in a given shift

Training includes shadowing, demonstrations and a 1:1 relationship with another MA/LPN. EPIC training is included as well.

Responsibilities

• MAs/LPNs operate on the provider side, responsible for watching patients checking in, gravitating to the front office and walking them to the back room. Very high volume, may see up to 30 patients in a given shift
• Conducting medication reviews and assessment with patients and communicating any anomalies to the responsible provider.
• Scheduling and confirming follow up appointments with patients
• Processing injection orders from provider and administering injections if needed.
• Confirm and schedule follow up appointments
• MA/LPNs will be responsible for communicating directly with the infusion side of the clinic and helping transition patients
• Santizing rooms after patients have been roomed, restocking and providing our clinical support to operations
• 1:1 relationship with a provider in a given shift

• Interpersonal skills - good communication
• Wants people who are willing to ask questions
• Confidence to provide feedback
• Ability to multitask to not get frazzled

M-F 830 AM - 5 PM