Job Description

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a highly motivated, qualified individual to work as a Medical Assistant In the Correctional Health Services Division. If you would like an opportunity to join a team of passionate individuals who work hard in providing quality medical care, this is the job for you.Medical Assistant\'s (MA\'s) main role is to provide support and assistance to nursing and provider staff. Administrative duties may include maintaining medical records and facilitate medical appointments. Clinical duties may include, preparing treatment and patient exam rooms and recording patient medical history. Assist the Registered Nurse on duty as needed.Example of Duties

• Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of individual\'s care.
• Check and record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, blood sugars, weight, etc. as directed by nursing staff.
• Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician or medical staff.
• Help medical staff examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections, removing sutures and changing dressings on wounds.
• Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing or forwarding to a laboratory.
• Ensure all related reports, labs and information is filled out and available in patients medical records.
• Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations; disinfects and cleans treatment rooms following patient examinations.
• Keep medical supplies stocked, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required.
• Properly dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Maintain all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, etc.)

Qualifications(includes knowledge, skills, and abilities required upon entry into position and trainable after entry into position)

• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Being aware of others\' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Adjusting actions in relation to others\' actions.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without \'giving out\' or fatiguing.
• The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Knowledge of applications and programming.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Teaching others how to do something.
• Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Managing one\'s own time and the time of others.
• The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
• The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Supplemental Information

• A conditional offer of employment will be made pending a satisfactory completion of a background check.
• Must possess, upon hire, knowledge and skills in medical assisting usually obtained through education, or a combination of education and experience, in order to perform the administrative and clinical duties of this job.
• Requires considerable & strenuous physical exertion such as long periods of standing, walking, bending, crouching, reaching, recurring lifting. Must be able to life and carry over 50 pounds.
• Risks found in potentially dangerous or unusual environmental stress situations, e.g. being subject to possible physical attack.
• Certification as a medical assistant is preferred, but not required.

Benefits:
The State of Utah offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for a detailed information page: . To access a Total Compensation Calculator in Excel format click .FMLA General Notice:
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