Clinical Practice Assistant/Medical Assistant

About the role

In a busy Ophthalmology clinic, performs a variety of clinical duties with a strong focus on medical assisting, including preparing patients for examination, assisting with procedures, and supporting providers in delivering high-quality care. Also assists with key administrative tasks such as patient check-in, scheduling, and front desk coordination to ensure efficient practice operations. Delivers exceptional patient service while supporting both clinical and administrative workflows.

Responsibilities

• Performs medical assisting duties which may include, but are not limited to, vital signs, height and weight, EKGs, performing phlebotomy and assisting during routine procedures. Ensures that all patient care areas are clean, organized, stocked and ready for patient use. Escorts patients to ancillary service areas such as radiology and lab as needed. (essential)
• Maintains medical equipment and supplies, ensuring they are clean, sterilized, stocked and within expiration dates. (essential)
• Reviews medication lists in the electronic medical record for final review by licensed practitioners. Retrieves schedule VI and over the counter medications under supervision of licensed providers. (essential)
• Performs point of care testing, implements quality control standards, provides patients with relevant instructions for specific tests and procedures. (essential)
• Schedules related diagnostic and lab tests, verifies patient insurance, explains processes as needed to help patients meet their needs and insurance requirements. (essential)
• Prepares schedules, patient charts and other documents as needed for clinical activities, in accordance with Medical Center standards. Procures and correlates medical correspondence as directed by department. (essential)
• Utilizes computer system to record appointment status, collects copayments, collects/verifies health care proxy and provides patients with visit questionnaires/forms. (essential)
• Monitors patients and visitors entering, waiting, and leaving the practice. Facilitates timely flow and informs patients and providers of delays in a timely manner. Acts as liaison between patient and practice staff to ensure optimal flow and service delivery. Ensures waiting room materials are organized and stocked as directed by the department. May answer and screen telephone calls. (essential)

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
• MA, EMT, CNA, LNA certificate or diploma; or at least 5 months of direct patient care experience in a clinical or research setting, such as: experience working as a medical assistant (MA), a patient care technician (PCT) or a clinical nursing assistant (CNA); nursing or medical student with completion of one clinical rotation.

Competencies

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are based on specific instructions, standard practices and established procedures which generally require little or no supervision.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are routine, somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures and by identifying opportunities for process improvements.
• Independence of Action: Ability to follow general instructions and procedures as provided. Work is monitored by supervisor/manager.
• Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Age Based Competencies

• Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 – 60 years, Elderly: 60 – over.

Social/Environmental Requirements

• Work requires close attention to task for work to be accurately completed. Intermittent breaks during the work day do not compromise the work.
• Work routine is fairly consistent, but employee needs to be able to use judgment to respond to events several times a week.
• Potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions
• Health Care Status: HCW1: Regular, day-to-day contact; both face-to-face and hands-on (having close contact within three feet for at least five minutes). Examples: physicians, clinical nurses, phlebotomist, medical assistants, PFT tech, and x-ray tech.

Sensory Requirements

• Close work (paperwork, visual examination), Color vision/perception, Visual clarity feet, Hot/Cold, Sharp/Dull, Smell, Conversation, Monitoring Equipment, Telephone, Background Noise.

Physical Requirements

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.
• Frequent sitting, walking, standing, bending neck, bending waist, twisting neck, twisting waist, Power Grasping using both hands, Fine Manipulation using both hands, Pushing/Pulling using both hands, Keyboard use, Reaching-above shoulder height, Reaching-below shoulder height, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 10 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 25 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 75 lbs, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to or more than 100 lbs, Pull up and/or reposition patient weighing up to 100 pounds without assistance, Pushing items weighing up to 10 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 25 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 50 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to 75 lbs, Pushing items weighing up to or more than 100 lbs.Rarely there may be Pull up and/or reposition patient weighing up to 250 pounds with assistance, Push a wheelchair or wheeled bed containing a patient weighing up to 250 pounds, with assistance.

Pay Range

$21.00 – $28.26