Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant will be responsible for a range of administrative/clerical and a variety of clinical tasks at the medical clinic.

This position includes no managerial or supervisory responsibilities.

Key essential functions:

• Helps patients by providing information, services, and assistance.
• Maintains medical supplies inventory and performing preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating.
• Verifies patient information by interviewing patient, recording medical history, and confirming purpose of visit.
• Must conduct patient care by conducting swabbing for COVID-19, Influenza, or other viruses/bacteria for patients and staff as directed by the Medical Director or Assistant Vice President.
• Must take and record vital signs for all patients as directed by the Medical Director.
• Must organize lab requisitions and organize pickup and delivery to the lab from the facility for DOH compliance.
• Must ensure the lab and clinic is clean and clear of clutter. Must maintain the highest of infection control standards.
• Preparing the examination rooms for patient assessment, clinical procedures and assistant practitioners with patient care.
• Monitoring and documenting patient's signs and symptoms for clinicians review during clinical evaluation.
• Must organize and restock the PPE stations in the clinic and in the lobby every day.
• Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; and reporting patient history summary.
• Saves doctors' time by helping with office procedures which may include filing, preparing documents, filling the copier/scanner with paper, emailing on behalf of Medical Director, confirming insurance, preauthorization, etc.