Medical Assistant - Neurosurgery

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital's team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the communities in and around Port St. Lucie. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers services in a wide variety of specialties to meet community needs. You'll be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.

Operating on the brain requires extreme precision, and the Neurosurgery team at Cleveland Clinic has years of training and experience in the most complex brain and spine surgeries. The Neurosurgery team uses state-of-the-art tools to operate safely and, as often as possible, with minimally invasive techniques. As an Outpatient Clinical Care Assistant on the Neurosurgery team, you will assist in the provision of care and treatment to patients under the direction of an RN or physician. Due to an increase in productivity within the department, you may also float to different specialties, allowing you to advance your skills even further. All your work helps ensure the best possible health outcomes. Additionally, you will receive ample opportunities to enhance your skills, gain hands-on experience and explore advanced positions at Cleveland Clinic.

A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00AM - 4:30PM or 8:30AM - 5:00PM.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Obtain vital signs, height and weight as directed.

• Collect patient specimens and prepare specimens appropriately for transport to labs.

• Prepare patients for exams, tests and special procedures and assist with exams and treatments as applicable.

• Complete the rooming process, including review of medications, updating allergies, identifying pain level and asking regulatory screening questions.

• Identify, document and report changes to an RN and or MD.

• Assist with indirect patient care.

• Perform patient treatments as directed, including applying heat or cold, simple sterile dressing changes and measuring, applying, changing and removing casts, braces and splints.

• Repair casts and apply and instruct patients in the use of DME.

• Remove dressings, sutures, & staples.

• Stock supplies and linens as applicable.

• Clean and restock dressing supply carts, check emergency carts and empty needle boxes using appropriate safety measures.

• Assist in regulatory and safety monitoring and compliance audits as directed.

• Initiate CPR and other emergency measures as required.

• Perform administrative or clerical duties as assigned, including filing, reception, scheduling, data entry and patient registration.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Understanding of human anatomy, basic patient care activities and math

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross upon hire or within new hire period

• One year of recent healthcare experience in a hospital or ambulatory, homecare, assisted living, nursing home or long-term care setting

• Additional formal training/education may substitute some or all of the required experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Proficient in the use of an electronic medical record

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.

• May require extended periods of standing, walking or sitting.

• Good visual acuity through normal or corrected vision.

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

• Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay Range

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