Medical Assistant-Clinical/Office

About the role

The Medical Assistant assists the physician in providing excellent patient care within the office environment. Essential duties include taking patients to exam rooms, assisting with physical exams, and managing patient records.

Responsibilities

• Take patients to exam rooms, gathering all necessary information for providers (i.e. height, weight, vitals, verifying allergies/meds, entering information into EMR when applicable, verifying previous information in EMR)
• Assist providers with physical exams/sigmoidoscopies/bandings as needed
• Administer Breath Tests
• Call patients with normal test results at provider’s request
• Answer/return calls to patients with questions or concerns when necessary
• Receive and distribute all EMR documents and emails
• Order and pre-authorize special injectable and oral medication
• Hepatitis C patient follow up with lab orders and results when LPN unavailable
• Order and monitor sample medications
• File and track lab and radiology orders to make sure that patients follow through with their care as directed by the providers
• Track procedure and pathology reports and forward to providers
• Enter recalls in EMR
• Keep exam rooms clean, neat and always stocked
• Collect Biohazard Red Bags each month for pick up
• Take inventory as needed to accurately order supplies
• Schedule procedures, office visits, labs, radiology, and consultations, when necessary
• Log off, shut down and place laptop computers in locked exam room cabinet each evening
• Displays ability to access, interpret and document relevant patient history
• Displays proficiency in using office hardware & software. Includes the use of ECW, Misys & Chart Capture systems
• Accurately sort and place procedure reports in patient charts
• Identifies, provides, and records relevant hospital, patient history documentation
• Accesses patient laboratory results, using online or telephone procedures, as required

Requirements

• Required: High School Graduate
• Medical Assistant or Nursing Assistant experience
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in gastroenterology nursing
• Current BLS certification
• Participation in ongoing continuing education
• Ability to deal compassionately, professionally, and courteously with patients, their families
• Full range of body motion, including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination
• Extensive periods of standing or walking
• Bending, lifting, and carrying
• Normal color perception and corrected visual acuity and hearing to normal range
• Involvement with management, providers, staff, and patients and their families

Preferred

• At least one (1) year previous office experience preferred
• Certification as a Medical Assistant or Nursing Assistant (May be required depending on the location)