Medical Assistant - AHN Cancer Institute - Bethel - Full Time

Benefits

• $1,000 sign-on bonus for external hires (must remain with AHN for minimum of 1 year; rehires must not have worked with AHN within the previous 12 months to qualify)

About the role

Under the direction of the provider and as a member of the health care team, assists in coordinating the examination, treatment and health care planning for patients. Assists with other office functions to support patient care and office operations. Follows all established protocols, policies, procedures and standardized workflows.

Responsibilities

• Using the team based approach, assists in the coordination of patient care under supervision of the health care provider.
• Prepares and rooms patients within the clinical practice setting according to standardized work flows.
• Accurately obtains patient vital signs, documents patient information, patient history, tobacco, and medication screening.
• May assist in the administration of depression screening tools.
• Completes annual wellness visit screenings.
• Reviews, updates and screens medication list in the EHR.
• Reviews social history with patient and updates record.
• If applicable, pends/''cues up'' orders for required age appropriate screenings, patient prescriptions, refills, or