Medical Assistant Instructor

Requirements: At least three years of experience in the medical assisting field or a Medical professional, such as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse.
Must be able to successfully teach the skills listed below: General Patient Care: Identify patients before providing care.
Perform CLIA-waived laboratory procedures.
Monitor patient’s environmental safety Use universal, standard, and transmission-based precautions.
Identify abnormal patient values for triage purposes.
Obtain patient vital signs using manual and automatic devices.
Obtain patient vital signs using automatic devices Perform adult anthropometric measurement.
Perform pediatric anthropometric measurement.
Perform measurement conversions.
Position patients according to care needs.
Maintain patient examination rooms.
Assist healthcare providers during clinical procedures.
Provide medical instruments according to care needs Administer oral and parental medications.
Perform pulmonary function testing.
Perform visual acuity tests.
Perform suture removal.
Perform basic wound care.
Obtain and label specimens for diagnostic purposes.
Demonstrate correct body mechanisms in a healthcare setting Perform eye and ear irrigation.
Perform first aid, CPR, and rapid response procedures appropriately.
Perform appropriate aseptic technique for various clinical situations Medical Communication: Document medical information using approved medical terminology Communicate with other healthcare professionals using medical terminology Adhere to HIPAA regulations regarding Protected Health Info.
Reinforce patient understanding of medical information.
Observe the chain of command in a healthcare setting.
Report abnormal patient values to appropriate healthcare providers.
Conduct written/information technology communication with patients and healthcare professionals.
Explain general office procedures to patients.
Modify communication with patients based on special considerations Office Administration: Manage patient medical records Obtain patient information Schedule inpatient and outpatient admissions and procedures Manage appointment scheduling.
Adhere to HIPAA regulations concerning insurance Respond during patient refusal of treatment Perform office opening and closing procedures Manage physicians’ professional schedules Maintain human resources documentation Manage inventory of office supplies Perform basic diagnostic and procedural coding Medical Law and Ethics Address patient concerns according to the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
Maintain safety in the workplace according to regulatory standards Follow chain of custody protocol Report illegal and/or unsafe activities in the healthcare environment to proper authorities Recognize and respond to emergency situations Phlebotomy Demonstrate proper insertion and removal techniques for venipuncture.
Perform capillary collection method based on patient age and condition.
Ensure patient safety throughout the collection process.
Perform venipuncture steps in correct order Perform capillary (dermal) puncture steps in correct order.
Recognize common complications from primary collection Identify problematic patient signs and symptoms throughout collection Follow order of draw for venipuncture.
Follow order of draw for capillary collection.
Ensure that tube additives are appropriate for testing requirements.
Assemble equipment needed for primary blood collections.
Invert evacuated tubes with additives after collection.
Verify quality of equipment (e.
g.
, sterility, expiration date, manufacturer’s defects).
Perform blood culture collections.
Assist other healthcare professionals with blood culture collections.
Collect blood samples for inborn errors of metabolism EKG Monitoring Calculate patient heart rate from the EKG tracing Identify artifacts from the tracing Resolve artifacts from the tracing Record 12-lead EKG on a patient Verify the leads recorded on an EKG.
Upload a completed EKG to a patient’s electronic medical record.
Mount a completed EKG for a patient’s chart.
Measure a patient’s heart rhythm from the EKG tracing.
Inspect the waveforms of a cardiac cycle for symmetry, direction, and amplitude Measure a patient’s heart conduction from the EKG tracing Identify the major classifications of arrhythmias from the EKG tracing Identify the major variances to waveforms related to ischemia, injury, or infarction.
Respond to potentially life-threatening arrhythmias.
Verify EKG machine paper speed (e.
g.
, 25mm, 50mm) Verify EKG machine sensitivity (e.
g.
, h, 1, 2).
Maintain EKG equipment and the work environment Recognize pacemaker spikes on an EKG tracing.