Medical Assistant

Description

Job Summary: Responsible to greet patients, activate patient files, and move patients through a pre- determined protocol at clinic.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• •Patient care responsibilities as assigned, which may include scheduling and organizing patient flow, accompanying patients to exam/procedure room, assist patients with changing to exam gowns, and transfer to exam table if needed
• •Assess patient’s general condition and collect patient history
• •Take appropriate vital signs
• •Document health history, activities, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the medical record
• •Provide basic patient care as ordered by physician and assist physician with various procedures
• •Provides patient education materials, communicates physician advice/instructions to patient
• •Cast and splint application and removal
• •Fit patients with braces, boots, other DME as ordered by physician
• •Wound dressing changes
• •Prepare injections
• •Suture and staple removal
• •Sterile tray set-ups
• •Obtain lab/x-ray reports
• •Schedule surgery, hospital procedures and pre- and post-op appointments
• •Schedule MRI, CT scans, labs, etc.
• •Schedule referrals to other physicians
• •Assist with prior authorizations
• •Perform ECG studies
• •Clean and stock exam rooms
• •Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines and confidentiality policies
• •Compliance with HIPAA, OSHA and Red Flag Rules
• •Able to provide coverage to other AOC offices.
• •Other Duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education: High school diploma or GED certificate.

Experience: NA

Other Requirements:

• •LPN, CMA, CST preferred or equivalent experience - prefer current state license or national certification
• •Good communication skills
• •Maintain current CPR certification

Qualifications:

• •Cooperative work attitude toward co-employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians
• •Ability to promote favorable facility image with physicians, patients, hospitals, other physician offices, and general public
• •Ability to make decisions and solve problems
• •Work effectively as team member with physicians and other staff
• •Appropriately interact with patients, families, and others
• •Ability to flexibly respond to changing demands
• •Must have a flexible work schedule with the ability to work late some days and work through the lunch break on busy clinic days

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• •Varied activities including sitting, standing, walking, stooping, lifting, bending, reaching
• •Must be able to use appropriate body mechanics techniques when making necessary patient transfers and helping patients with walking, dressing, etc. Must be able to life up to 30 pounds
• •Occasional stress from workload
• •Must be able to use a variety of office equipment including phone, copy machine, writing instruments, pc, fax and medical equipment including stethoscope, ECG, blood pressure cuff, and cast saw equipment.