Hendricks Regional Health

Physician Assistant

• Provide patient care for facility clients according to standards and guidelines
• Respond to telephone calls and triage appropriately
• Provide patient reassurance, teaching, and direction
• Ensure efficient healthcare service delivery during patient visits
• Complete, update, and maintain accurate medical records
• Initiate patient contact and prepare patients for examinations
• Obtain and document vital signs, medical history, and chief complaints
• Observe and report abnormal patient signs and symptoms to physicians
• Ensure patient understanding of physician instructions upon discharge
• Document medical record entries and charge information in the electronic medical record for billing
• Assist physicians with testing, treatment procedures, splints, dressings, minor surgeries, and physicals
• Perform physician orders, laboratory tests, treatments, patient testing, and admissions as prescribed
• Obtain referrals and consents, retrieve test results, and notify patients
• Assist with medications, medication logs, patient instruction, and education materials
• Stock and maintain patient-care areas, examination rooms, equipment, supplies, and educational materials
• Keep examination rooms clean, organized, and compliant with cleaning protocols
• Ensure instruments are sterile and equipment is operational
• Perform other duties as assigned

Medical Assistant, Indiana Adult and Pediatric Medicine

Executive Assistant

• Performs all typing and copying for the department, including creating forms, maintaining the menu system, and typing reports, minutes, physician communications, and hospital communications
• Completes word processing and communications in a timely and efficient manner
• Assures requested correspondence is completed by the scheduled due date unless otherwise indicated by the Office Manager
• Answers phones and retrieves voicemails
• Initiates phone contact or pages physicians and inter- or intra-departmental associates as requested
• Assures front office phone coverage when unavailable
• Maintains correspondence and message taking
• Files and copies patient-related and non-patient-related items and correspondence
• Provides feedback to assure efficient and effective front office functions

Front Office Secretary/Receptionist – Medical Oncology

Medical Assistant

• Provides directly and through delegation patient care for facility clients
• Ensures efficient delivery of healthcare services throughout the duration of the patient visit
• Assist with testing and treatment procedures under the Physicians supervision
• Ensures all patient care areas, equipment and materials are appropriately stocked and maintained

Medical Assistant – Full-time Days

• Provides directly and through delegation patient care for facility clients.
• Maintains knowledge of normal/abnormal parameters that identify clients at risk.
• Provides patient care in accordance to standards and guidelines.
• Responds to telephone calls and triages appropriately.
• Provides patient with reassurance, accurate teaching and direction.
• Ensures efficient delivery of healthcare services throughout the duration of the patient visit.
• Ensures that medical records are completed, accurate and updated.
• Initiates patient contact and prepares patient for examination. Obtains vital signs, weight, age, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory, history and chief complaint.
• Observes patients with abnormal signs and symptoms, communicates their condition to the physician and documents the same in the medical record.
• Ensures patient understanding of physician instruction upon discharge.
• Documents patients medical record entries and documents charge information into electronic medical record for billing.
• Assist with testing and treatment procedures under the Physicians supervision.
• Assists physician in applying splints and dressings.
• Performs and follows through in all indicated orders from physician.
• Assists with sample medications and sample medication logs.
• Arranges and administers any necessary patient testing or admission. Obtains appropriate referrals required. Retrieves test results as needed and notifies patient.
• Assists physician in preparing for minor surgeries and physicals.
• Obtains appropriate consents before all invasive procedures or immunizations are performed.
• Distributes patient education materials as directed. Assists in patient instruction and ascertains patient understanding regarding treatment and medication usage.
• Performs laboratory tests and treatments as prescribed.
• Assists in maintaining laboratory log.
• Ensures all patient care areas, equipment and materials are appropriately stocked and maintained.
• Maintains and organizes adequate supply of patient education materials.
• Orders and maintains required supplies and equipment for clinical care areas ensuring exam rooms are stocked appropriately.
• Keep exam rooms clean, free of waste and organized in accordance with cleaning protocol. Ensures that instruments are sterile and equipment is in working order.
• All other duties as assigned.

Medical Assistant, Full Time

• Provides directly and through delegation patient care for facility clients
• Maintains knowledge of normal/abnormal parameters that identify clients at risk
• Provides patient care in accordance to standards and guidelines
• Ensures efficient delivery of healthcare services throughout the duration of the patient visit
• Ensures that medical records are completed, accurate and updated
• Initiates patient contact and prepares patient for examination
• Obtains vital signs, weight, age, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory, history and chief complaint
• Ensures patient understanding of physician instruction upon discharge
• Documents patients medical record entries and documents charge information into electronic medical record for billing
• Assist with testing and treatment procedures under the Physicians supervision

General

• Follow Departmental, Hospital and Human Resources Policy & Procedures.
• Demonstrate proficiency in performing adult and pediatric echocardiograms, including but not limited to 2-dimensional, 3- dimensional, Doppler, Transesophageal, and Stress Echocardiogram, as requested by physician and in accordance with standard practices.
• Utilize independent judgment, with real-time and off-line manipulation of Echocardiographic images for capture, display and analysis of echocardiography data.
• Analyze patient medical record to obtain history of symptoms and necessary information for performance of diagnostic procedures asking of questions relevant to testing or procedure to be performed.
• Prepare preliminary reports for review and interpretation by Cardiologist, including comparison of previous studies.
• Ensure ICAEL requirements are met and maintained: CMEs, policies and procedures, protocols, etc. are updated annually.
• Contribute to organizing and preparing ICAEL application to maintain an accredited status.
• Process patient billing per established procedure.
• Use common sense and special medical skills with regard to patient age, diagnosis and physical abilities.
• Directly interact with the patient and physician in receipt, review, scanning and reporting of Echocardiograms.
• Promote an environment that focuses on patient safety.

Echo Tech

• Follow Departmental, Hospital and Human Resources Policy & Procedures.
• Demonstrate proficiency in performing adult and pediatric echocardiograms, including but not limited to 2-dimensional, 3-dimensional, Doppler, Transesophageal, and Stress Echocardiogram, as requested by physician and in accordance with standard practices.
• Utilize independent judgment, with real-time and off-line manipulation of Echocardiographic images for capture, display and analysis of echocardiography data.
• Analyze patient medical record to obtain history of symptoms and necessary information for performance of diagnostic procedures asking of questions relevant to testing or procedure to be performed.
• Prepare preliminary reports for review and interpretation by Cardiologist, including comparison of previous studies.
• Ensure ICAEL requirements are met and maintained: CMEs, policies and procedures, protocols, etc. are updated annually.
• Contribute to organizing and preparing ICAEL application to maintain an accredited status.
• Process patient billing per established procedure.
• Use common sense and special medical skills with regard to patient age, diagnosis and physical abilities.
• Directly interact with the patient and physician in receipt, review, scanning and reporting of Echocardiograms.
• Promote an environment that focuses on patient safety.

Echo Tech, PRN

• Operates with a high level of autonomy through use of excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Conducts appropriately detailed assessments/evaluations of patients and families
• Prescribes and regulates medications per written physician practice agreement
• Communicates regularly and effectively with patients and their families
• Complies with applicable medical staff rules and regulations and health information management policies

Medical Assistant, Indiana Adult and Pediatric Medicine

Front Office Secretary/Receptionist – Medical Oncology

Medical Assistant – Full-time Days

Medical Assistant, Full Time

Medical Assistant, Full Time

Echo Tech

Echo Tech, PRN

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