MA - MEDICAL ASSISTANT - AULTMAN MEDICAL GROUP

About the role

Aultman Medical Group is seeking Certified or Registered Medical Assistants to support our providers in delivering exceptional patient care. Responsibilities include rooming patients, taking vitals, drawing blood, administering vaccinations, performing EKGs, answering phones, taking messages, sending messages to appropriate receivers, proposing refills, prior authorizations, helping patients, providers, and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Supports providers in delivering exceptional patient care.
• Enters physician orders/instructions into EMR system.
• Prepares charts 1 week in advance gathering all outside consults/diagnostic testing/lab work ordered and performed since last visit.
• Prepares/Prints Enhanced Encounter Forms.
• Identifies Medicare Wellness patients. Optum forms.
• Prepares patients for examination and treatment.
• Takes patient histories and vital signs.
• Reviews and updates medical hx, surgery hx, social hx, family hx, and advanced directives.
• Completes medication reconciliation (verifies medication, dosage and instructions).
• Verifies patient pharmacy.
• Completes depression and fall screenings at appropriate times.
• Prepares exam and treatment rooms with necessary instruments.
• Gives injections and applies dressings as required.
• Obtains and runs testing as ordered (urine dip, glucose, EKG, PT/INR, urine drug screen, blood work, urine pregnancy, rapid strep, rapid influenza).
• Prepares and maintains supplies and equipment for treatments.
• Performs nurse visits – including education of physician’s orders to patient and proper charting after visit.
• Aids in preparing for physical exams.
• Aids in assisting providers with procedures as needed (Pap, minor procedures).
• Aids in managing referrals in referral management.
• Triage calls as needed.
• Takes off voice mail message at regular intervals.
• Provides general information on departmental policies and procedures.
• Identifies clinical and office supplies and equipment needed and notifies lead and/or practice manager.
• Maintains patient files, records, and other information.
• Obtains information from paper charts or Allscripts (as needed).
• Requests records from outside offices or provides information to PSR.
• Compiles and condenses technical and statistical data for reports and records.
• Attends required meetings and participates in committees as requested.
• Participates in professional development activities and maintains professional affiliations.
• Maintains vaccine and lab frig/freezer logs.
• Stocks and cleans rooms in between patients, end of day and as needed.
• Completes end of day check list and provides to office lead.
• Performs department specific work as required.
• Complies with all statutory regulatory policies and procedures.
• Cross trained to check in/check out patients, make appointments, work front desk.
• Close loops on tests & referrals.
• Processes prior authorization for testing and medications.
• Maintains clinical pool and personal inbox.
• Manages Work Queue manager by scanning and indexing outside documents.
• Completes all outstanding items in multi-patient task list.
• Aid in the completion of all quality initiatives.
• Aid in the amendment of all incomplete or incorrect billing errors.

Qualifications

• Graduate of approved Medical Assisting Program.
• Obtain and maintain medical assistant certification: (CCMA, CMA, or RMA), within 90 days of hire.
• Obtain and maintain current American Heart Association (AHA) training in Basic Life Support(BLS) utilizing Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) is required.

Skills

• Comfort with technology and the ability to navigate electronic medical records efficiently.
• Strong interpersonal skills to maintain professionalism in the workplace.
• Adaptability to changing work environment or needs.
• Ability to work collaboratively and foster positive relationships with colleagues, patients, and others.

Department Skills

• Detail oriented.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-tasking.

Physical Demands

Frequent lifting 0-10 lbs, 10-20 lbs, 20-35 lbs, 35-50 lbs, 50-75 lbs, 75-100 lbs, and over 100 lbs. Frequent reaching near/far/color, frequent standing continuous, frequent walking continuous, frequent sitting occasional, frequent twisting/turning occasional, frequent kneeling/squatting occasional, frequent grasping/repetitive sustained continuous, frequent fine motor coordination continuous. Vision: near/far/color continuous, hearing: ordinary conversation/other continuous.

Working Conditions

Work eight to ten hours a day. Lunch periods and breaks are coordinated with other colleagues to maintain adequate floor coverage. Cross training in all areas in the department is required. Staff may be assigned to different locations within the foundation. Hazardous Exposure Category: Category I - Includes tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues. Use of appropriate protective measures is required for every employee engaged in Category I tasks.

Benefits

Legal Entity Aultman Medical Group Inc offers a $2,400 sign-on bonus for full-time positions. Please apply today!