Medical Assistant Extern

Sound Family Medicine is a proud partner with numerous schools in the south Puget Sound area to offer the opportunity to complete a clinical externship as part of the student's training. The extern will be matched with an experienced medical assistant under the supervision of a Licensed Practical Nurse. Learning opportunities includes a range of duties and responsibilities: Administering medications Taking patient vitals Triaging phone calls and making appropriate referrals EPIC

• Electronic Medical Records Prescription refills Lab work Decision Making/Problem Solving: Able to identify existing or potential problems, gather relevant information, and analyze the information to identify possible causes of problems. Applies knowledge, experience, and common sense and considers alternatives when deciding on the best potential solutions. Teamwork: Works together to achieve our goals, collaborating to achieve success and respecting our differences as people. Work Environment: This position will work in an office environment with a moderate noise level. This role will interact with patients, coworkers, venders, and the public. This role will use standard office and medical equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets, fax machines, EKG machines, blood pressure cuffs, autoclave, and more. Must be able to communicate in fluently in English when writing and speaking. Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the physical requirements of this position. This position is primarily an active role; however, this position needs to file, communicate over the phone and in-person, and use standard office equipment. This position may be required to lift up to 15-20 pounds.

Education and Experience

High School Diploma or equivalent

• Required Currently enrolled in a trade school for Medical Assisting
• Required CPR and/or BLS Certification
• Required Other Duties: This is not a comprehensive list of all duties, responsibilities, or activities that may be required for this position. Position requirements including duties, responsibilities, or activities may change at any time, with or without notice. Sound Family Medicine is a smoke-free, drug-free workplace. All employment offers are conditioned upon acceptable pre-employment drug tests which include testing for the use of marijuana and nicotine. As part of our commitment to a healthy workplace, we require employees to obtain an annual flu immunization as well as all employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by October 18, 2021.