PURPOSE
This credential is designed to document the acquisition of practical administrative and clinical skills required for the health systems medical assistant. This credential documents the practice and exercise of various skills required for safe and effective care of patients and assisting of medical providers in the clinical setting as well as those skills related to front office, patient reception, and other administrative tasks.
AUDIENCE
This credential is appropriate for the health systems medical assistant working in the administrative and clinical setting, such as a hospital, clinic, and physician’s office or in other ambulatory or residential healthcare settings.
JOB/CAREER REQUIREMENTS
Assisted living technicians help people who are disabled, chronically ill, or cognitively impaired and who are living in residential communities. They also help older adults who may need assistance to remain somewhat independent in independent living communities. They help with activities such as bathing, toileting, and dressing, and provide services such as light housekeeping, meal planning, and transportation. In some states, care assistants are able to assist residents with taking medication or check the resident's vital signs under the direction of a nurse or other healthcare practitioner. Positions are in independent living communities, assisted living communities, and nursing homes. Individuals in these positions assist the resident in helping themselves with activities of daily living, ensure the resident is living in a safe and supportive environment, and provide companionship and family support; they do not provide direct medical care. Any medical or non-medical individual who provides care for residents in the assisted living or residential care environment will benefit from this credential. These professionals include non-medical care providers, medical assistants, nursing assistants, nursing professionals, personal care assistants, and others who work specifically in the residential environment.
HEALTH SYSTEMS MEDICAL ASSISTANT WORKPLACE TASKS:
The Labs badge confirms the earner's continued and successful practice of the following tasks demonstrating their ability to:
- Communicate with others using appropriate medical terminology and anatomical and physiological terms
- Explain how to use nutritional guidance tools and dietary guidelines to patients
- Take a thorough medical history and measure vital signs of patients
- Organize equipment, prepare patient, document, and assist provider with physical examinations
- Organize equipment, prepare patient, document, and assist provider with special clinical procedures
- Apply special strategies and precautions for pediatric and geriatric patients
- Provide patient education as directed by provider
- Apply strategies to support patients who are coping with stress, grief, depression, and emotions
- Apply strategies to assist provider in therapies for mental disorder categories
- Safely and accurately administer medications using a variety of routes under supervision of provider
- Assist provider in a variety of diagnostic procedures
- Assist provider in minor surgical procedures
- Assist provider in apply physical therapy and rehabilitation modalities
- Communicate using professional interpersonal and written skills
- Demonstrate professionalism in the workplace
- Comply with all healthcare laws, regulations, standards, and guidelines related to the workplace
- Behave in a highly ethical way according to accepted medical ethical conduct standards
- Work within the scope of practice for a medical assistant
- Apply general safety precautions for the medical environment
