MEDICAL ASSISTANT (MA) - VHC - Full Time

Principal Functions And Responsibilities

• Call patients into rooms for examinations.
• Perform weight check, height measurement, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration readings as needed.
• Verify with each patient their date of birth, their current phone number, address and insurance information, and update charts so that all necessary information is current and accurate.
• Review patient's medical record.
• Record and obtain patient's symptoms, make observations, listen, answer questions and reassure.
• Obtain past medical history and family history as appropriate.
• Review current medication and review patient allergies.
• Record all of the above in the patient's chart, and sign.
• Absorb and assist physicians and physician assistants with examinations as necessary.
• Lift patients on and off exam tables and in and out of wheelchairs.
• Set up procedures to be done, i.e., remove lesions, suture wounds, cast fractures, dress burns.
• Explain procedures to patients and instruct on follow-up care.
• Give therapeutic injections, 1M and subcutaneous injections as ordered by providers, as well as allergy injections, tine tests or PPD when needed and as ordered.
• Irrigate ears, change dressings on wounds, test eyes, give enemas, and perform any standing orders predetermined by the provider, including but not limited to UAs, strep tests, etc.
• Handle phone calls. Listen, reassure, advise and reinforce what the physician or PA has told them.
• Call pharmacies with prescription refills.
• Call patients with reports, report explanations, and make referral appointments.
• Complete insurance pre-authorizations for referrals and prescribed medicines.
• Generally keep exam rooms clean and organized.
• Keep supplies, equipment and instruments in place and ready for use.
• In coordination with the Clinic Manager, order all medical supplies and maintain supply inventory.
• Work with pharmaceutical representatives to keep samples current and sample closet organized.
• Provide specific diets as ordered by physicians.
• Prepare for OB checks, including blood pressure, weight, dip urine and fetal heart tones with Doppler.
• Perform well-baby checks, including growth charts, immunizations and IRIS lookups.
• Remain at clinic, available to physicians and physician assistants, until all patients have been cared for.
• Vaccine for Children program support

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High School diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred Minimum Experience and Skills: 2 years clinical experience.
• Required: Certification / Registration CMA RMA or Current Idaho LPN License.
• Physical Requirement: Sitting and working at a computer keyboard, walking, lifting, reaching, hand eye coordination, speaking.
• Working Conditions: Medical Clinic environment Exposure to patient environments in general.