Medical Assistant - Gastroenterology - Boca Raton, FL

About the role

Gastro Health is seeking a Medical Assistant to join a collaborative team of coworkers and providers with consistent hours. This role offers great work/life balance with no weekends or evenings, a rapidly growing team with opportunities for advancement, and competitive compensation.

Responsibilities

• Work with providers to room office visit patients, which consists of greeting patients, taking vitals, entering history in the EMR, and updating medication lists
• Keep exam rooms clean and stocked with medical supplies
• Assist providers with rectal exams and hemorrhoid banding procedures
• Perform testing such as Fibroscans, bone density, and breath tests
• Process prior authorizations for medication and infusion drugs
• Maintain logs for expiring infusion medication drugs with each patient's insurance and renew when needed
• Schedule testing and procedures for patients after their office visits and from incoming PCP requests
• Greet and room patients, ensuring appropriate patient flow
• Update patient's medical chart with accurate and timely documentation
• Manage phone triage and take appropriate action under the direction of the provider
• Demonstrate ability and appropriate technical skills when administering treatments and procedures in accordance with physician's orders
• Provide patient education as well as personal patient care to provide comfort and well-being to acknowledge physiological and psychological needs
• Under direction from providers, process refills for prescriptions following clinic protocol
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relationships in dealing with fellow clinic employees, managers and providers
• Take direction and initiate actions that will allow cross-functional duties to ensure seamless patient care
• Follow safety procedures in compliance with OSHA and state health department guidelines
• Perform other administrative tasks as needed

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• 2+ years' experience as Medical Assistant preferred
• Certified Medical Assistant (AAMA) preferred, not required

Skills

• Spanish and Portuguese speaking is a plus, but not required

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Spending Accounts
• Life / AD&D
• Disability
• Accident
• Critical Illness
• Hospital Indemnity
• Legal
• Identity Theft
• Pet
• 401(k) retirement plan with Non-Elective Safe Harbor employer contribution for eligible employees
• Discretionary profit-sharing with employer contributions of 0% – 4% for eligible employees
• Discounts on concerts, travel, movies, and more through Tickets at Work

Pay

Competitive compensation

Schedule

Monday through Friday, no weekends or evenings

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