Certified Medical Assistant - Women's Center

Clerical Responsibilities

• Assembles patients’ health information including patient symptoms and medical history, exam results, X-ray reports, lab tests, diagnoses, and treatment plans.
• Ensures all related reports, labs and information is available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment.
• Reviews to ensure all forms are completed, properly identified, and signed and that all necessary information in the EHR.
• Communicates as needed with physicians and other health care professionals to clarify diagnoses or obtain additional information.
• Obtains and sends patient medical records to support seamless care delivery.
• Schedules physician and ancillary appointments;
• Updates charts to ensure that information is complete and filed appropriately.
• Alerts physician when chart is incomplete or is has not been completed within established time standards.

Environmental/Logistical Responsibilities

• Checks schedules and organizes patient flow;
• Sets up instruments and equipment according to department protocols;
• Cleans exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control;
• Performs Medical/surgical asepsis, sterilization, instrument wrapping and autoclaving;
• Cleans sterilizer according to scheduled maintenance program and keeps appropriate records;
• Keeps exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, orders, sorts, and stores supplies;
• Completes biohazard waste disposal and monitoring;
• Maintains all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.)

Primary Job Responsibilities/Tasks

• Patient care responsibilities include:
• - Escort patients to exam rooms/procedure room, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, collect patient history; perform screenings per provider guidelines, other physical examination preparations and document all information in patient’s chart.
• - Assist patients as needed with walking transfers, dressing, collecting specimens.
• - Perform nursing procedures under supervision of physician or physician assistant.
• - Assist physician and physician assistant in exam rooms.
• - Give instructions to patients/families as instructed by physician or physician assistant.
• - Serves as the first point of response to patient care related telephone calls and messages. Takes telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls per Physician/ACP direction.
• - Collect information and process messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and physician assistants.
• - Clinical pharmacology; drug administration through various routes except IV’s including injections;
• - Assists with minor surgery including surgical tray set-up pre/post-surgical care, applying dressings, and suture removal.
• - Administers injections.
• - Instructs patients with assistive devices, body mechanics, and home care;
• - Initiates laboratory procedures in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and quality control methods; - CLIA-waived testing;
• - Capillary punctures and venipunctures;
• - Specimen handling such as urine, throat, vaginal, stool, and sputum;
• - Initiates electrocardiography testing including mounting.
• - Schedules appointments and referrals. Follows-up to insure completion of physician orders.
• - Medication refills.
• - Lab reconciliation.
• - Complete forms and prior authorizations for medications.
• - Monitor and check assigned Athena boxes and other assigned boxes for coverage.
• - Work at different Tryon office locations as needed.
• - Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education:
• - High school diploma or equivalent and completion of an accredited Medical Assisting program (CAAHEP or ABHES).
• Experience:
• - Minimum one year of recent experience working in a medical facility as a medical assistant, preferably in gynecology, and/or documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office.
• Physical Requirements:
• - Work consistently requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
• - Must be able to lift and support weight of 35 pounds.
• - Ability to concentrate on details.
• - Use of computer for long periods of time.