Medical Assistant

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Record patients’ medical history, vital statistics, or other health information in Community Health Net’s Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Assess physical conditions of patients to aid diagnosis or treatment.
• Administers injections, immunizations, and associated quality controls as directed by Community Health Net Medical Provider.
• Performs testing procedures such as but not limited to; patient urine dipstick, rapid strep, fecal occult blood test, and urine pregnancy test.
• Immediately report abnormal testing procedure results to appropriate medical personnel.
• Assist Nurses and Medical Providers with medical procedures as needed.
• Dispose of biomedical waste in accordance with clinical standards.
• Prepare, sterilize, and clean patient treatment rooms for use.
• Report all patient/safety concerns and near misses in event reporting, printing and notifying supervisor at time of report.
• Support medical office duties of registration, discharge, scheduling, faxing, and answering phones, as needed.

Qualifications/Requirements

• GED or high school diploma required.
• Medical Assistant Certification preferred.
• Ability to use computers and Windows based software to enter data and develop reports as needed.
• Must be responsible, precise, and organized.
• Knowledge of medical terminology required.

Pay

This position includes a sign-on bonus, payable according to company policy and contingent upon successful completion of required employment conditions.