Medical Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Free uniforms
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• 401(k)
• Competitive salary

MUSTBE COVID VACCINATED.

Essential Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Well-organized with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Empathetic with patient needs and concerns.
• Ability to work well with physicians, anticipating their needs regarding patient treatment.
• Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe work environment.
• Reliable, punctual, and detail-oriented

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Escorts patients to exam rooms in order of appointment times.
• Interviews patients to obtain history, family history, and history of allergies and medications and records information on patients’ charts.
• Prepares treatment room according to scheduled procedure or anticipate physicians needs if non-scheduled procedure is likely.
• Assists physician with biopsies and surgical procedures such as excisions, ED&C, etc.
• Cleans and sterilizes instruments.
• Straightens and cleans exam rooms after patient visits.
• Completely and correctly fills out all required pathology and laboratory requisition documents. Document laboratory pick-ups. Call Labs for outstanding tests.
• Answers telephone inquiries from patients, or care physicians.
• Stocks all exam rooms.
• Receive, process and document all requirements, submit the required documentation, and update the Prior Authorization submission documents when necessary
• Prioritize incoming authorization requests according to urgency

Spanish speaking a plus.