Medical Assistant Certified

Responsibilities

• Promptly rooms patients, using EMR to alert provider that patient is ready.
• Reviews past medical, surgical, family, smoking history, allergies, medications, notes corrections in EMR, notes medication refills needed for the physician to review.
• Initiates self-management goal setting where appropriate, obtains patient’s vital signs and documents in EMR, prepares chart for patient visit.
• Understands insurance restrictions for lab work, referral needs, precertification requirements, etc.
• Observes patient condition and communicates any abnormal data or changes to provider.
• Aids patients as needed with walking, transfers, dressing, undressing, preparing for the exam, remains in exam room when necessary/requested.
• Performs EKGs and other outpatient screening tests as per provider order and after properly preparing the patient accurately documents results in EMR.
• Responds appropriately to emergency/code situations.
• Administers prescribed medications, gives injections and vaccines reads PPD results, under the direction of the provider/orders and documents in EMR.

Other Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Specimen management: obtains specimens for testing if applicable, performs laboratory and screening tests, records results in EMR and reconciles with logs where appropriate, documents and reports findings to providers, performs all quality controls as per Point of Care Testing guidelines, prepares specimens for transport as necessary.
• Aids with minor surgical procedures by handing instruments, maintaining sterile field, positioning of patient and other duties within scope of responsibility.
• Demonstrates competence in the observation, treatment, and care of the specific patients served in that practice, whose ages may range from neonate to geriatric.
• Responsive and proactive telephonic patient care - including care coordination with specialists, ancillary services, hospitals, labs, home care agencies, and all other involved health services.
• Obtains and scans documents as appropriate and required for visit: test results, faxes, reports, notes, referrals, etc.
• Completes medical forms and other clinical requests for information as appropriate and required. Prepares and sends patient correspondence as required.
• Aids nursing staff with the maintenance of patient education materials, as needed.
• Promptly performs call-backs as directed by provider, giving patients information within their scope of practice.
• Provides patients with follow up care instructions.
• Adheres to universal body fluids precautions and infection control policies. Disposes of infectious waste properly.
• Promotes infection control by using appropriate hand-washing techniques.
• Maintains a safe environment and protects the patient from injury by observing the patient who may be at risk for falls, confusion, disorientation, or wandering behaviors.
• Maintains medication storage closet inventory and security checks expiration dates removes outdated items.
• Performs daily code/crash cart checks as assigned.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulatory standards (ex TJC, DOH, FDA, HIPAA, HCFA, DPW, LCGME, SCGME, etc).
• Flexible and readily adopts new processes and engages in practice operation changes.