At Powell Valley Healthcare, providing quality healthcare to our community is our top priority. We are located in the heart of Powell, Wyoming; just 25 miles outside of Cody. We believe in creating positive and safe environments for both our patients and our staff. Being part of our organization means becoming a cornerstone in the patient experience and their care. 

Here at PVHC, we offer a wide array of benefits in a way that allows you to choose options and build a package that works best for you. Some of the benefits we offer include: 

  • Health, dental and vision insurance 
  • Life insurance 
  • Long term disability coverage 
  • PTO – New employees accrue the equivalent of up to twenty days of PTO withing their first calendar year 
  • EIB (Extended Illness Bank) – Our version of accrued sick leave 
  • Nine paid holidays which includes two personal holidays 
  • Tuition Savings Plan 
  • Opportunities to cash out PTO for personal use, student loan payments, and in-house medical bills 
  • Tuition reimbursement – up to $5,000 per year 
  • Fun to be Fit program and Club Dauntless Membership Discount 
  • HRA – Flex spending accounts 

POSITION SUMMARY:

Current opening: One full-time position (36 hours per week)

Assists in the delivery of safe, efficient, quality patient care.  Works in collaboration with all members of the healthcare team, as well as with the patients, families and visitors.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Performs procedures under the supervision of a provider.
  • Escort patients to exam rooms, interview patients, and measure and record vital signs.
  • Reconcile patient medications within the patient’s medical record.
  • Record patient histories, medications used and any pertinent information needed for the patients visit.
  • Ensure all related reports, labs and necessary information is available for the provider prior to the patient’s appointment.
  • Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical equipment and supplies.
  • Answer/return patient phone calls in a timely manner.  Including calling results or communication to patients.
  • Assist provider with exams as needed.
  • Collect and prepare laboratory specimens.
  • Remove sutures/staples when needed.
  • Change dressings as needed.
  • Perform venipuncture if needed.
  • Completing EHR daily tasks assigned by provider by end of the day.
  • Prepare and administer medications &/or vaccines as directed by a provider.
  • Prepare and administer allergy injections as directed by a provider.
  • May assist in the giving of instructions to patients regarding their care.
  • Maintains quality control logs on necessary equipment and testing supplies.
  • Maintain patient confidentiality.
  • Monitor provider’s schedules.
  • Other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

  • Medical Assistant or Certified Nursing Assistant Certification
  • High School diploma or GED
  • Medical Terminology desired.
  • BLS for Healthcare Provider.
  • Computer competency

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

  • Skilled at using blood pressure cuffs, ear/oral/temporal thermometers and oxygen saturation machines
  • Read, write, and comprehend instructions, memos, and correspondence. 
  • Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customer, clients, and other employees of the organization.
  • Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS:

  • Regularly lifting or move objects weighing 10 to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
  • Reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, stooping, bending, crouching, walking, standing, and working with equipment.
  • Subject to inside and possibly outside weather conditions.
  • The employee is also subject to exposure to blood and body fluids, proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical shock, exposure to burns and radiant energy, exposure to explosives, exposure to toxic chemicals and biological agents.