Triage Medical Assistant

Job DetailsJob Location

• FPWC -
• GRAND
• Junction,
• CO 81506Position
• Type:
• Full
• TimeSalary
• Range: $18.95 - $21.95
• HourlyJob
• Shift: Day Triage Nurse / Triage Medical Assistant ✨ Why Join Primary Care Partners? We Take Care of You While You Care for Others! ✨ At Primary Care Partners, we believe that taking care of our team is just as important as taking care of our patients.
• That’s why we offer: Base pay $18.95-21.95 Benefits $7-8 Combined with base pay our Robust Benefit coverage includes outstanding retirement including annual 401k contribution and profit sharing, 100% coverage for Health insurance, life, disability and multiple other benefits incl. Dental, vision, critical illness and injury coverage, long term care, pet insurance etc.
• Job
• Summary: As the Triage Medical Assistant you become the advocate between the provider and the patient. This position gives our patients guidance, direction, assistance and coordination of nursing care driven by our providers
• Duties/Responsibilities: Assure positive communications physicians, patients/families, staff and outside facilities. Communicate clearly with patients relaying information from providers and other sources. Assess the patient’s needs and relays to the provider any concerns. Work independently utilizing critical nursing skills; which includes, Management of and Prioritizing severity of
• Triage tasks and incoming calls including critical care such as: Chest pains, Shortness of breath, abdominal pain, allergic reactions, etc. Responds to emergent health conditions for patients in office and at Diagnostics Reporting, ordering and scheduling of diagnostic tests, Referrals to other Offices and other miscellaneous items Referrals to Home Health, Hospice, and Nursing Home placements and the coordination of care with outside facilities and our in house CCM group. Refilling and monitoring the use of medications and pain management, implementing the Chronic Opioid use and Protocol and the calculations of the MEDD. Communicates with patients regarding prescription need, clarification and collaborating to be sure patients have correct understanding of use and refill protocol IV therapy if certified (can be certified here if willing) Case Management of the following protocols and implementing the action plan and prescribing of medications; UTI’s, Strep, Vaginal Candidiasis, COPD, CHF, Asthma, and Coumadin, chronic opioids and pain management. Supporting floor staff when needed (blood draws, catheters, injections) ordering of STAT tests, ETC Assisting with completion of paperwork such as FMLA, FAMLI, LOA, DME, Oxygen cert, ETC Any other items providers feel they need help with or find need immediate attention.