Medical Assistant

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

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.