AMT | Accredited Medical Assistant - Rheumatology

Accredited Medical Assistant - Rheumatology

Ivanhoe, MN $37,099 - $46,099 a year

Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary: Join a compassionate clinical team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care and health management in a dynamic rheumatology practice. Your daily tasks will adapt to the evolving needs of the clinic, ensuring personalized and attentive service.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide direct and delegated patient care, recognizing normal and abnormal health indicators to identify at-risk patients. Deliver care aligned with established standards and guidelines.
• Respond promptly to telephone inquiries, triaging calls appropriately while offering reassurance, clear education, and guidance to patients.
• Facilitate smooth healthcare delivery during patient visits by ensuring medical records are accurate, complete, and up to date.
• Initiate patient contact, prepare patients for examinations, and collect vital signs including weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, and medical history.
• Observe and communicate abnormal patient signs to physicians, documenting findings thoroughly in medical records.
• Ensure patients understand physician instructions upon discharge and accurately document all medical entries and billing information in electronic records.
• Assist physicians with testing, treatment procedures, splint and dressing applications, and minor surgeries under supervision.
• Manage sample medications and logs, arrange necessary testing or admissions, obtain referrals, and notify patients of test results.
• Obtain consents prior to invasive procedures or immunizations and distribute patient education materials as directed.
• Perform laboratory tests and maintain laboratory logs as prescribed.
• Maintain clinical areas by stocking supplies, organizing patient education materials, ensuring cleanliness, and sterilizing instruments and equipment.
• Perform additional duties as assigned to support the clinical team.

Education and Experience Required: Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant or Nursing Program is required.

Work shift is typically 8:00am – 4:30pm in a regional healthcare setting within the Midwest United States.