Medical Assistant (Certified/Registered)

Typical Hours

The hours of operation for the OBGYN - 5th Floor clinic are Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. Your primary schedule will be during those hours, with periodic need to work outside your schedule to serve our patients.

Responsibilities

• Ensures efficient flow of patients through the practice setting by facilitating examinations and treatment of patients while exhibiting exceptional customer service.
• Aids providers to maximize patient volume by preparing patients for visit, administering medications, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and returning patient calls in a timely manner.
• Completes physician orders and facilitates care, which may result in phoning patient prescriptions, scheduling and arranging labs and diagnostic tests.
• Provides instructions and directions to patients regarding diagnostic tests, procedures and treatments.
• Processes patient referrals timely and follows up to ensure the specialist report or test result is received.
• Maintains effective patient communication and efficient patient flow.
• Maintains medical records and ensures all required documentation is available in the medical record.
• Ensures data and information collected for completed procedures is recorded on the appropriate systems and in medical records.
• Safeguards the orderliness and cleanliness of examination rooms, stocks assigned areas, and follows all regulatory and patient safety clinical standards.
• Checks and completes required logs and equipment such as refrigerator logs, medication inventories, etc.
• Performs administrative duties such as greeting patients; registration; scheduling; pre-certification of tests, procedures and medications; processing insurance forms; preparing financial records; answering phones; and entering ambulatory care charges.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited medical assisting program.
• Certified or Registered Medical Assistant through an accredited certification organization.
• 2 years of experience in a physician’s office setting, preferred.
• Basic Life Support certification through American Heart Association.
• Basic office skills, patient centered mindset, excellent time management and organization skills; ability to multitask and work in fast paced environment.