Medical Assistant I

Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant is responsible for a wide range of administrative and clinical tasks to assist our clinical providers. The Medical Assistant provides support in delivering excellent patient service, clinical support, and front office duties and promotes health and wellness. The Medical Assistant ensures the clinic runs efficiently by managing the flow of patient services, monitoring resources, and works collaboratively with the clinic providers.

How will you make an impact & Requirements

• Take manual vital signs, record in electronic medical record and perform systems review, perform point of care testing and assist providers with diagnostic tests.
• Administer immunizations, injections, or oral medications as directed by provider or standing order to all age groups.
• Perform point of care testing, assisting providers with diagnostic tests, treatment and therapeutic measures.
• Observe and record patient reaction as necessary.
• Perform phlebotomy, prepare designated lab work and/or specimens as directed by provider or standing order.
• Process lab, swab, specimen.
• Active in routine patient education, self-management teaching under the direction of the provider.
• Track future patient care needs such as preventive exams, completion of outside diagnostic testing and referrals.
• Outreach to patients and specialists to help coordinate referrals, care gap closures, release of records, and overall care. Coordinate care with disease management or case management programs as needed.

• Manage patient care /Patient flow throughout the care center.
• Set up exam/procedure room appropriately based on patient visit needs.
• Handle multiple phone lines and email correspondence with excellent verbal and written communication skills., at times working at the front desk when needed.
• Perform inventory of clinic supplies and dispensary, order and stock clinic supply as needed.
• Where necessary to be the external facing representative for the clinic (Telephone, schedule appointments, Patient Registration, etc.).
• May be required to travel to other sites for coverage or to off-site events for the client. Ability to correctly set up exam rooms/procedure rooms using sterile/aseptic technique with appropriate instruments or trays. Basic understanding of cleaning, sterilization and autoclaving procedures. Basic ability to provide support as needed in office-based procedures. Basic understanding and ability to provide immunization to all age groups. Previous experience of documenting in electronic medical record required.