u/FlannerysFire

Curious what other clinics do. I work for a university health clinic and I am frequently told by my manager, not asked, to cover CMA hours when they are out sick, on vacations, and even so they can leave early. There is a lot of overlap in the skills performed at our office, the only differences I know of skill-wise are suture removal, IV starts, immunotherapy, and “condition coaching” for RN duties. I also deal with outside orders for labs, medications, weight checks, EKGs etc. Those are all things I do that our CMAs can’t do. I wonder if other clinics have CMAs that take outside provider orders without the patient seeing a provider at their clinic? I would think it would just be a better practice to leave that to RNs only, but I’ve only ever worked this outpatient job, so I wonder if they are taking advantage of my naivety. I think because the overlap is still fairly large, my manager sees me covering for CMAs as a viable solution. I understand in a pinch, but I dont understand doing it so they rotate leaving early. Just from a pay-rate standpoint it doesn’t make sense. I can do their job, but they can’t do mine, so the rotation also isn’t fair, in my opinion. I took this job because I liked all the time off, and I have no problem with leaving early when I have nothing on my schedule. The other issue is not being asking. I just find out in a group email with everyone else. At first my manager would just block over my scheduled patients, expecting me to do both jobs. When I confronted her, she was rude, but did stop. It’s hard to be the only RN at the clinic. I would love some other insight.