Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

Medical Assistants perform administrative and clinical tasks under the direction of licensed healthcare providers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Review EHR and prepare patient records for office visits
• Maintain patient flow
• Maintain exam rooms (cleanliness and supplies)
• Go over current medications with patient at each office visit and reconcile medication list EMR
• Scan in all incoming records into patients EMR system
• Obtain vitals and other medical information from patient for office visit and enter information into EMR
• Schedule patients for follow up in office laboratory studies
• Set up and assist providers with medical examinations/bone marrow biopsy procedure
• Return patient phone calls
• Injections upon request
• Obtain Advanced Care Directive from patient and enter information in EMR system
• Obtain Plan of Care for pain from patient and enter information in EMR system
• Obtain via venipuncture and process CBC'S, CMP, PT/INRS and glucose monitoring as ordered by physician and enter information in EMR system
• Perform and/or assist with EKG'S
• Triage patients in person and on the telephone
• Answer telephone calls and messages within the same day
• Place reminder calls to all patients being seen by providers the next day (make sure this gets done prior to 4pm each day)
• Other tasks as requested by management

Qualification/Requirement

Ability to apply a common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written and/or oral instructions.

Ability to deal with problems involving occasional, last-minute changes in generally standardized situations.

Education/Training/Experience

Medical Assistant Certification

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must be able to assist patients in and out of chemo chairs and on and off exam tables. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.