Medical Assistant-Certified

What You Will Do

• Assist physician and other providers to examine and treat patients, including handing instruments or material or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
• May give medications or immunizations, administer basic healthcare or medical treatment, change dressings on wounds, and apply bandages, dressings, or splints.
• Obtains, identifies and records patients' medical history, vital statistics, prevention data, medications, chief complaints and other pertinent information; observes, records and reports pertinent patient symptoms, reactions, condition changes or information such as test results in medical records.
• Collects, prepares and transports blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs specimens and prepares for testing.
• Performs basic laboratory test, disposes of contaminated supplies and sterilizes instruments.
• Performs phlebotomy functions, venipuncture and skin puncture procedures as requested or required by provider.
• Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping rooms neat, clean and stocked with adequate medical supplies.
• Maintains instruments and prepares sterilization as required.
• Operates electrocardiogram (EKG) or other medical equipment to administer routine diagnostic test.
• Prepares patient for visit, keeps them updated on the status of their appointment and assist with rescheduling or scheduling follow-up appointments.
• Instructs patient as to general clinic policies, patients' rights and responsibilities as needed.
• Explains treatment procedures, medications, diets or physician's instructions.
• Performs clerical duties in support of patient services to include but not limited to front desk support, patient registration and check-out, answering phones, filing/assembling charts completing tab sets, computer data entry, transcribing orders and ordering test.