Clinical Services Associate (Medical Assistant)

Patient Care

• Promptly rooms patients, using EMR to alert provider that patient is ready
• Reviews past medical, surgical, family, smoking history, allergies, medications; notes corrections in EMR
• Notes medication refills needed for the physician to review
• Initiates self-management goal setting where appropriate
• Obtains patient’s vital signs and documents in EMR
• Prepares chart for patient visit
• Understands insurance restrictions for lab work, referral needs, precertification requirements, etc.
• Observes patient condition and communicates any abnormal data or changes to provider
• Affords assistance to patients as needed with walking, transfers, dressing, undressing, preparing for the exam
• Remains in exam room when necessary/requested
• Specimen management: obtains specimens for testing if applicable (including performing phlebotomy and anterior nares nasal swab collections)
• Performs laboratory and screening tests, records results in EMR and reconciles with logs where appropriate
• Documents and reports findings to providers
• Performs all quality controls as per Point of Care Testing guidelines
• Prepares specimens for transport as necessary
• Performs EKGs and other outpatient screening tests as per MD order and after properly preparing the patient
• Accurately documents results in EMR
• Assists with minor surgical procedures by handing instruments, maintaining sterile field, positioning of patient and other duties within scope of responsibility
• Functions as a witness for procedural consents if required
• Responds appropriately to emergency/code situations
• Demonstrates competence in the observation, treatment, and care of the specific patients served in that practice, whose ages may range from neonate to geriatric

Clerical / Other

• Responsive and proactive telephonic patient care - including care coordination with specialists, ancillary services, hospitals, labs, home care agencies, and all other involved health services
• Obtains and scans documents as appropriate and required for visit: test results, faxes, reports, notes, referrals, etc.
• Completes medical forms and other clinical requests for information as appropriate and required
• Prepares and sends patient correspondence as required
• Affords assistance to nursing staff with the maintenance of patient education materials, as needed
• Promptly performs call-backs as directed by provider, giving patients information within their scope of practice
• Provides patients with follow up care instructions
• Ensures that the patient care areas are kept neat, orderly, well stocked and properly prepared
• Cleans, disinfects, and sterilizes instruments and equipment according to protocols and checks that the instruments and equipment are in proper working order
• Notifies Supervisor of malfunctions
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication preparation supplies for the purpose of stocking and maintaining pars in the medication carts
• Retrieves supplies and medications/blood products from tube system
• Sets up equipment and instruments as per practice protocol
• Cleans and restocks equipment as needed
• Affords authorized access to secured area to obtain items such as intravenous solutions and medication