Medical Assistant - In Patient Pre Surgical Admissions Per Diem Day Shift

Medical Assistant

At Stony Brook Medicine, our Medical Assistants perform clinical, laboratory, and clerical support activities in our Hospital. Incumbents assist physicians or other medical personnel in providing patient care, preparing patients for procedures and examinations, recording vital patient data, and performing standardized routine laboratory procedures such as phlebotomy, patient specimen collection, and specimen processing. Incumbents also perform routine support activities such as greeting and directing patients, producing reports, answering telephones, gathering and entering data.

Clinical and Supportive Activities:

• Perform screening and measuring procedures, which include but is not limited to, height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, EKG and documentation of above.
• Ensure the cleanliness for each patient room.
• Order supplies as needed.
• Prepares patient for exam or laboratory test.
• Answers routine questions relative to procedures and assists physician with the examination process, including chaperoning patients during clinical exams.
• Prepares and distributes patient information packets relating to the nature of the specific illness and/or medical procedure.
• Assists patient who have difficulty ambulating.
• Escorts and transports patient to other areas.
• Checks lab orders, processes patient orders and performs specimen collection per order.
• Pre-cleans, prepares, and high level disinfects instruments according to established procedures and disposes of contaminated supplies in accordance with established procedures.
• Assist physician with procedures.
• Under the direction of a registered nurse/physician, obtains peripherally drawn blood specimens; obtains and transmits 12 lead EKG; obtains, documents, and notifies registered nurse regarding blood glucose level results obtained via point of care testing; and performs glucometer quality control checks per established policies.
• Adheres to hospital policy regarding HIPPA, OSHA, Universal precautions, and proper Patient Identification as per SBUH policy and procedure.
• Summons assistance in emergency situations and obtains needed equipment.

Support Activities:

• Greets patients and family, directs and escorts them to appropriate locations, and responds to routine visitor questions, monitors patient flow and communicates with patient as needed.
• Answers phones, screens and routes calls as appropriate, and takes complete and accurate messages.
• Refers problematic phone calls to appropriate party, pages, staff, and contacts other areas of hospital as necessary for information.
• Answers routine patient questions.
• Maintains stock in patient care area, conducts inventory, and reorders medical and office supplies based on established requirements using automated and manual purchase order processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Either one year of full time experience performing clinical and clerical support activities in a health care setting. Or completion of a college, university, technical school or vocational school medical assistant program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with EMR.
• BLS or Heart Saver certification.
• Current certification for Medical Assistant.

Physical Demands:

Must be physically capable of safely executing the duties and responsibilities required of the position. Physical demands may include: prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking, lifting, pushing and/or transferring of patients. Lifting supplies/equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.