Intern, Medical Assistant - Physician Practice

Description

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

• Greets patients and visitors in a prompt, courteous and helpful manner.
• Maintains a smooth flow in waiting areas and exam rooms and alerts patients and team members of delays.
• Performs medical assistant duties in a safe and efficient manner.
• Takes brief patient histories that include chief complaints, vital signs, and weights; assists physicians with procedures; draws blood and obtains urine specimens; administers injections as approved for CMAs (if certified); provides patient instructions per physician's orders; conducts authorized in-office tests.
• Prepares patient charts in advance of their visit.
• Accurately and promptly sets up examination rooms, materials, and equipment; monitors required stock levels and anticipates unique supply needs for patients/providers.
• Monitors general clinical supply inventory and equipment; may assist with preloading data into EMR system.
• Completes all authorized patient chart documentation in an accurate, legible, and timely manner.
• Responsible for the preparation of the examination rooms.
• May be responsible for assisting with preloading data into EMR system.
• Completes other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Lifts a minimum of 5 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 5 lbs. and stands a minimum of 1 hour a day.

Qualifications

• Enrollment in and completion of classroom portion at an accredited school of Medical Assisting.
• Passed, or eligible to sit for, a National Certified Medical Assistant certificate.
• MUST have reliable transportation to the assigned practice every day as scheduled.
• Licenses and Certifications Required:
• BLS
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support
• HCP Certification