Medical Assistant - FT - Days - PM&R Harlingen (Dr. Garcia) - 19196

Medical Assistant - FT - Days - PM&R Harlingen (Dr. Garcia)

DHR Health - US:TX:Harlingen - Days

Summary:

Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time.

Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

Position Summary:

Assist administrative and clinical team members by performing a variety of clerical and clinical duties to ensure departmental function within the practice as well as departmental compliance in accordance with State and Federal regulations. Such duties include but are not limited to: Scribing, wound care, post-operative visits, assisting providers with patients, making appointments, taking calls from patients, pharmacies and other physician offices. Participates in volunteer programs and special assignments, and performs other duties as assigned within scope of practice.

Position Education/Qualifications:

High School graduate or G.E.D. certificate preferred

Completion of a Medical Assistant Program required

BLS required, if not on hire, within the first 30 days of employment

Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues

Organizational skills are necessary

Good written and verbal communication skills required

Ability to read, write and speak English, required

Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physician

Physician office experience is preferred

Job Knowledge/Experience:

Two (2) years of experience in a busy physician office, preferred

Ability to take vital signs to include, but not limited to: height, weight, blood pressure, temperature and pulse

Must have computer experience and must be able to learn practice IS system

Previous experience with an EMR system preferred

Must be willing to be cross trained for front desk duties

Must have excellent customer service and organizational skills

Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment.

Responsibilities:

Perform basic administrative medical assisting functions.

Assist in obtaining patient history, chief complaint and vital signs as necessary.

Schedule, coordinate, make referral appointments and monitor appointments

Understand and adhere to managed care policies and procedures

Answer and direct all phone calls appropriately

Register patients, confirm appointments, verify insurance benefits

Keep rooms neat, clean and well stocked with supplies

Set up rooms as needed for in office procedures

Assist physician with in office procedures as needed

Monitor schedule in order to ensure that medical records needed from other physicians or hospital are obtained prior to pt. coming into the office for scheduled visit

Completion of the Referral letter process

Orders and keeps inventory of all medical and injectable supplies and or orders office supplies as needed.

Meets with patients to present surgical orders, explain post op care, answer any of the patient or families questions and walks the patient through the process to register at the hospital for surgery

Comply with quality assurance practices

Screen, collect and follow up on patient test results

Collect and process specimens accurately and timely

Perform diagnostic and laboratory tests and wound care as necessary

Adhere to established patient screening procedures at all times

Scribe for physicians as needed

Assist with the preparation and administration of medications and immunizations

Maintains accurate medication and immunization records

Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies as needed

Prepares and maintains all patient files in an orderly fashion

File and or scan faxed information in charts after review by provider as necessary

Ensure that positive results or stat results are provided to the practitioner in a timely manner

Perform inventory of supplies and equipment as necessary

Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies as needed

Performs other assigned duties as assigned

Lines Of Responsibility:

1. Office Manager 2. Director DHR Health Clinics 3. Chief Ambulatory Officer

Customer Service:

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

Age Specific:

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirement relative to his or her age.

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA):

A. Essential Duties: Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.

The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position:

Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height. - Yes - Kneeling - Yes

Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs. - Yes - Walking - Yes

Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs. - Yes - Standing/Squatting - Yes

Straight pulling - Yes - Sitting - Yes

Pulling hand over hand - Yes - Pushing - Yes

Repeated bending - Yes - Stooping/Bending - Yes

Reaching above shoulder - Yes - Climbing Stairs - Yes

Simple grasping - Yes - Climbing Ladders - No

Dual simultaneous grasping - Yes - Depth Perceptions needed - Yes

Ability to see - Yes - Identify Colors - Yes

Operating office equipment - Yes - Twisting - Yes

Operating mechanical equipment - Yes - Crawling - No

Ability to read and write - Yes - Ability to Count - Yes

Ability to hear verbal communication without aid - Yes - Operating Personal Vehicle - Yes

Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication - Yes - Other: Ability to deal with stress - Yes

OSHA Category - III

B. Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

C. Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids). Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.

D. Aptitudes : HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW

Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments. 3

Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively. To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs. To present information or ideas clearly. 3

Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2

Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects. Frequently described as the ability to "visualize" objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2

Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see