Medical Assistant

Responsibilities

• Serves as a resource to clinical and clerical staff.
• Affords assistance in the development of the Medical Assistant and Medical Office Clerk schedules to ensure appropriate staffing.
• Affords assistance in the daily routine by assigning daily tasks to Medical Assistants and Clerks.
• Affords assistance in reviewing diagnostic results, to monitor the compliance of follow-up.
• Maintains the medical and clerical supply inventory, ordering supplies as needed.
• Affords assistance in the orientation of department employees.
• Affords assistance in the identification of operational issues and operational improvements opportunities and assists staff.
• Maintains training and orientation materials and documentation for clinic staff.
• Affords assistance in the development and ongoing review and revision of department policies and procedures.
• Affords assistance in the quality improvement activities, through data collection and report completion.
• Takes vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, O2 Sat, blood pressure, height, weight & visual acuity).
• Affords assistance in activities in patient mobility and positioning.
• Reports patient status changes to and assists the nurse/physician/nurse practitioner/physician assistant.
• Collections specimens, performs CLIA waived tests, reporting results to provider.
• Initiates CPR.
• Communicates with patient and/or family, always aware of and striving for HIPAA compliance.
• Transports patients by pushing, pulling, lifting, using a wheelchair or cart.
• Repositions patients with or without mechanical devices by lifting, pulling and pushing.
• Organizes and prioritizes work to complete daily assignments.
• Participates in quality assurance, assessment and improvement activities.
• Provides patient education.
• Performs radiologic exams.
• Affords assistance in procedures.
• Performs phlebotomies and capillary punctures on patients.
• Collects patient information.
• Changes dressings.
• Administers treatments.
• Administers medications according to clinic policy.
• Ensures cleanliness of office suite, adhering to JCAHO, OSHA and all other regulatory guidelines.

Requirements

• Ability to read, spell and write clearly.
• Accurate typing, filing and calculating skills.
• Has computer experience and has worked with Excel and Word programs.
• Has the ability to communicate effectively.
• Will be orientated to and maintain competence in working with patients in the following age categories: Infant, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric patients.
• May require constant sitting.
• Requires occasional standing and walking.
• Occasionally lifts and carries up to 35 lbs.
• May require pushing and pulling up to 35 lbs.
• Eye-hand coordination, and finger and manual dexterity are required.
• Requires correct hearing and vision to normal range.
• Requires working under stressful conditions.
• Some exposure to communicable diseases, sharps and hazardous materials is required.
• May require potential exposure to body fluids and radiation.
• Requires occasional bending, twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping and kneeling.
• Occasional reaching and overhead work are required.
• Requires occasional grasping.
• Requires the ability to distinguish letters or symbols.
• Ability to use office equipment such as computer, typewriter, telephone, copier and fax machine.