Certified Medical Assistant/LPN/RN - Rheumatology - Passionate about pain relief? Let's make it a JOINT effort! **Medical Associates** 1 Positions ID: oDzpufwP Posted On 11/30/2024 **Job Overview** **Description** **Are you looking for a positive work environment that allows for a healthy work/life balance? If so, you will fit right in with our passionate, knowledgeable, and fun-loving team!** Medical Associates **Rheumatology** department is looking to add a **full-time Medical Assistant, LPN or RN** to the team at our West Campus! The provider and nursing relationships allow the department to provide superior service to our patients. Within the department you will find a positive and supportive culture that allows you to work independently as well as part of a team. Ideal team member will have excellent communication skills and enjoy working at a fast pace. **Schedule:** 72 hours per pay period, 4 days per week. **Flexibility in the schedule!** **Full-Benefits Eligible!** **Location:** West Campus **Benefits Package Includes:** + Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation. + 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay + additional annual Profit Sharing) + Flexible Paid Time Off Program (24 days off/year) + Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts + Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc. **Job Duties:** + Collaborate with health care team using telehealth and triage decision making tools andprotocols to direct/perform independent nursing assessment and intervention. + Integrate the nursing process in all patient contact, care, diagnostic testing, and treatments.Collect pertinent patient health care data, review medical records and confer/collaborate withphysician/mid-level providers to ensure complex patient needs are met. Ensure the plan reflectscurrent rules, regulations and evidenced based standards and practices. + Communicate effectively with patients, co-workers, and external customers to share the decisionmaking process and influence the expected outcome. Promote patient wellness and providepatient education. Document care provided, including but not limited to: assessment,interventions, medication, patient education, and assist with integrity of medical record. + Demonstrate flexibility in performing other additional duties of patient care. Provide input fordevising systems to improve quality and efficiency of patient care and workflow. Participate inrequired meetings. + Maintain an office environment that is safe, neat, organized, and supplied with necessaryequipment, instruments, supplies, and educational materials. Ensure equipment is functioningsafely and properly. Perform cleaning and maintenance of equipment according to guidelines. + Facilitate reimbursement of services provided, including but not limited to, charge tickets,referrals, and insurance requirements. + Complete all other assigned projects and duties. **Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:** _Experience_ - From one to two years of similar or related experience. **On-the-job-training provided, no GI experience required!** _Education_ - Equivalent to a two year college degree or completion of a specialized course of study or certification. Valid RN Licensure with the ability to practice in Iowa. _Interpersonal Skills_ - A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or is usually of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary. _Other Skills_ - Keyboarding skills and use of electronic equipment. Use and operate a wide variety of diagnostic and medical equipment. Use personal protection safety equipment including gloves, lab coats, gowns, goggles, and face masks/shields. **Physical Aspects:** Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. Kneeling - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Crouching - Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling - Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly. Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts. Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction. Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers. Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. 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 to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work. Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 pounds force constantly to move objects. Medium/Heavy Work - Exerting up to 75 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 35 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 15 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Heavy Work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Environmental Conditions: Both Inside & Outside Environmental Conditions - Activities occur inside and outside. Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran status, or other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here (http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm) . Primary Contact 9878 Careers at Medical Associates , 563-584-4225 Phone Phone Phone Fax careers@mahealthcare.com Email True False True **Job Details** Categories Health Care Location Dubuque, IA Job Type Employee Full/Part Full Time Company ID 1148 Job REQ # oDzpufwP \# Positions 1 Start Date 20241130 End Date 20241231 Featured Job TH Ad TH Comments **Similar Jobs** Adolescent Residential Treatment Counselor Hillcrest Family Services School-Based Therapist Hillcrest Family Services Psychologist (Ph.D or Psy.D.) - General, Pediatric Medical Associates Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMHC, LISW, LMFT Medical Associates Optometrist - Competitive Base Compensation + Rel Medical Associates Interventional Cardiology - Physician - Dubuque, I UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Surgical Technician Certified or Non-Certified-Sur UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Occupational Health Physician Medical Director - D UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Occupational Medicine Physician - John Deere - Dub UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital Urology Physician - Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital **Share this Job** Medical Associates **About the Company** **_Our mission is to provide superior healthcare and an excellent patient experience._** Medical Associates Clinic is a well-established multispecialty group practice with over 170 providers and a staff of over 1,000 health care professionals and support personnel. The group was founded in 1924 and is Iowa’s oldest multispecialty group practice. Today, Medical Associates Clinic is the area’s leading health care provider and only multispecialty group practice. Medical Associates Clinic has been recognized since 1998 as a “better performing practice” by the Medical Group Management Association. In 1982, Medical Associates developed the Tri-State’s first health maintenance organization, Medical Associates Health Plans, which offers comprehensive health benefits to over 400 employers and 45,000 members. Medical Associates Health Plans has maintained an “Excellent” rating, the highest level of accreditation possible by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, for 13 consecutive years. Medical Associates Clinic offers several locations from which to seek medical care, including facilities at 1500 Associates Drive, 1000 Langworthy, and 4155 Pennsylvania Ave in Dubuque, Iowa; as well as facilities in Bellevue, Cascade, Dyersville, Iowa; Cuba City, and Platteville, Wisconsin; and Elizabeth and Galena, Illinois.