Medical Assistant

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Direct Patient Care: Prepares the environment for effective and efficient care during the visit. Greets the patient and helps them feel prepared for their visit. Completes vital signs, weight and height, EKGs, eye and hearing exams, as assigned. Assures that all documentation is correct and complete. Works with the CRNP to provide comprehensive care.
• Maintain medical records using standard filing systems. Performs inventory control and ordering supplies, as assigned.
• Initiates and performs rapid HIV testing, including ensuring consent forms on tablets have been completed. Complete all necessary paperwork. Assists with therapeutic procedures. Prepares and administers medications as ordered. Collects and preserves bodily fluids, blood, and other specimens. Performs simple STAT screening tests on collected specimens.
• Indirect Patient Care: Prepares forms for visits. Prepares and forwards requests for referrals and medication refills as assigned.
• General Laboratory Services: Performs a variety of standard lab tests with standing orders from primary care providers (including but not limited to blood sugar, urine dip, etc). Prepares laboratory specimens to assure the correct information. Completes all paperwork and forms related to the handling of specimens and documents for all actions in the patient record.
• Maintenance of laboratory-related equipment and supplies: Takes inventory of supplies on a regular basis, order supplies, and stores upon their arrival. Ensures lab equipment properly maintained which includes knowledge of routine handling/usage, storage, and cleansing/sterilization. Have equipment serviced at recommended intervals according to manufacturer’s and/or OSHA guidelines.
• Triage: Assists the primary care providers and clinical nurse in collecting information related to triaging patients.
• General: Consistently practice universal precautions. Participates in relevant Practice committees. Performs additional duties related to the responsibilities of the Medical Assistant as directed by supervisor. Substitutes for Medical Assistants at other practices, when deemed necessary by supervisor. Supports smooth functioning of practice by completing data entry as assigned. Receives cross-training as a Medical Receptionist and substitutes for this role at the Practice when deemed necessary by supervisor. This includes scheduling, registration, updating patient records, answering phones, and other duties as required.

Experience and Requirements

• Candidates should possess a diverse range of skills and experience including but not limited to:
• Required Education and Experience: High School Diploma/GED, Current Medical Assistant Certification in Commonwealth of PA, Experience working within a community-based health center preferred.
• Required Skills and Abilities: Computer Competency with Word Processing, Familiarity with an Electronic Medical Record system, Exemplary organizational skills and ability to prioritize, Ability to function as a team member, Highly responsible and reliable as well as courteous, Unconditional ability to maintain patient confidentiality, Lifting Requirements: LIGHT – Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. The use of arm and/or leg control requires force greater than sedentary, but worker still sits majority of time.