Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

Annapolis MD Pay from: $18 per hour

MUST: Experienced Medical Assistant 2 plus years of experience Be Flexible to work urgent care hours Certifications: CMA (Certified Medical Assistant) by the American Association of Medical Assistants or RMA (Registered Medical Assistant) is a plus CPR Certification American Heart Association

Rooming and Scheduling

DUTIES: The Medical Assistant will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

• Assists providers with patient preparation for examination, minor office procedures and with the examination and education of patients.
• Provides clerical support and serves as backup for the Patient Services
• Participates in daily team huddles to review and prepare for scheduled patient visits.
• Screens all patients, regardless of visit type, for preventative care needs, ongoing support, barriers to care, safety concerns, and potential fall risk.
• Conducts surveillance for transitions of care, urgent/emergent care, or follow up tasks such as retrieval of documents associated with referrals/testing.
• Identifies potential behavioral health needs of patients using appropriate screening tools and notifies provider of findings.
• Ensures ongoing compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and quality/safety standards by maintaining and auditing temperature logs, ensuring medication supplies are current/unexpired, checking and maintaining emergency equipment, area free of clutter, and other related tasks.
• Performs selected patient and laboratory testing consistent with the scope of the practice, including but not limited to Point of Care Testing, tuberculosis skin testing, electrocardiography, pulmonary function tests, and vision and hearing testing (dependent upon provider and site requirements).
• Removes sutures/staples after the provider has examined the patient and written the appropriate order.
• Documents these activities in the patient's electronic medical record (EMR) or other venues based on policy.
• Documents clinically related activities accurately in the patient's EMR; performs required patient follow-up: to include pap smears, Pb levels, HIV, mammograms, and STD's.
• Collects and processes specimens.
• Fulfills infection prevention and environmental responsibilities as assigned, which many include: Light cleaning during clinic hours and cleaning of equipment.
• Updates appropriate records of scheduled equipment maintenance and manages drug and medical supply inventories.
• Provides telephone screening services to gather information from patients, determine appropriate disposition and document per established telephone screening protocols.
• May perform phlebotomy.
• Contacts insurance companies for Pre-authorizations for patient medications and specialty referrals including insurance authorization.
• Floats to other sites/locations within the system as appropriate and performs all duties at multiple sites.
• Attends scheduled meetings including, but not limited to, regular staff meetings and training classes for safety, infection control.

*Quadrant, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Quadrant is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities.