Certified Medical Assistant - Cancer Center Radiation/Oncology Durham, NC(3K SIGN ON BONUS)

Company: Duke University Health System
Location: Graham
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 957 inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 51 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; an Ambulatory Surgery Center with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. In fiscal year 2018, Duke University Hospital admitted 42,916 patients and had 1,085,740 outpatient visits in fiscal year 2017.

U.S News & World Report named Duke University Hospital #1 in North Carolina and #1 in the Raleigh-Durham area in 2018-19.

Duke University Hospital is ranked in the top 20 nationally for seven adult specialties, including cardiology and heart surgery, nephrology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet-- - organization
Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina-- - -s Great 100 Nurses.
Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
Relocation Assistance!

Occ Summary Perform a variety of routine duties in a hospita l clinic to assist medical and nursing staff in the examination and trea tment of patients;set up and clean examination rooms.

Work P erformed

The CMA/RMA in RadOnc/Sarcoma will be cross-trained to work in three different areas within the unit:

1. - - - - - - -Cli nicCMA- responsibilities include rooming patients with full intake inclu ding vital signs, medication reconciliation, falls, - psychosocial and an y other clinic relevant screening, and hand off to nurse/APP/MD. - Additi onal responsibilities include assisting with clinic procedures (biopsies , scopes),chaperone internal exams, suture/staple removal, instrument se t up and cleaning, inventory stock of exam rooms, scheduling, answering phones and assisting patients within designated scope.

2. - - - - - - Alcove infusion/treat ment CMA- responsibilities include bring patients to area, full intake, daily weight checks, orthostatic vital signs, phlebotomy as needed,wound care/suture removal, receiving and checking in inpatients for treatment ,removing PIVs, comfort care- assistance to restroom/food/water- - cleani ng rooms, stocking supplies, transporting patients as needed

3. - - - - - - HDR/Brachytherapy procedural area CMA- responsibilities include bringing patients to area with full procedural intake, assisting patient with pre-op needs, assis ting RNs with anesthesia recovery with vital signs, foley maintenance, c omfort caredischarging pt, assisting in procedural suite (setting up ins truments,pre-cleaning, assisting nurse with vitals, moving patient), ass isting with instrument cleaning and transport to/from sterile processing in Duke North.

Knowledge, Skills and Abi lities PATIENT EXPERIENCE, DUKE HOSPITAL LAYOUT STERILE TECHNIQUE

Level Characteristics N/A

Minimum Qualifications
Education High School diploma required

Experience Six months of health care experience required.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications N/A

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas -an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

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