MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Valley Health Physician Alliance · Las Vegas, NV · 5 days ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
About the role
This Medical Assistant opportunity is full-time, offers full benefits and a convenient day shift schedule.
Responsibilities
- Participates in decision-making and process improvement.
- Ensures that patient rooms, nursing station and storage rooms are kept stocked, clean, manages product expiration date; ensures all equipment is kept clean according to infection prevention standards.
- Distributes referrals as necessary to physicians and insurance companies; keeps proper documentation of referral requests/responses in patient charts.
- Pre-authorizes prescriptions and clinical tests (CT, MRI, Ultrasound, etc.) as necessary.
- Phones/faxes patient prescriptions as necessary.
- Schedules Diagnostic Imaging studies, BMDs, dietician appointments, cardiology testing, and radiology testing for patients, and completes all appropriate paperwork.
- Accurately performs clinical duties to include triaging patients, checking patient vitals, administering injections and venipunctures, and prepping patients for physician exam.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant Program required.
- Current BLS/CPR certification required.
- Medical Assistant Certificate of Completion and/or one year experience as a Medical Assistant.
- Familiarity with medical terminology required.
- Experience with patient check-in and check-out process (according to clinic protocol).
- Understand end of day cash balancing and charge reconciliation process (according to clinic protocol).