Medical Assistant - Physician Services

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares charts in advance and day of patient appointments, which includes getting records and calling patients.
• Schedules appointments, conducts interviews with patients, measures vital signs, and records information.
• Administers injections under the direction of the physician per individual state regulations.
• Maintains nursing stations and examination areas, checks voice messages, screens and returns telephone calls, sorts faxes, scans documents in charts, schedules radiology and lab appointments, biopsies, IV infusions, and referral appointments, reviews lab and handling alerts, obtains authorization for prescriptions and procedures, monitors tasks in box, follows up on record requests and pending folders, documents phone calls and data for patient visit for rooming and vaccinations, pages/calls providers with alerts when out of office.

Qualifications/Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of formal training program as nursing/medical assistant and/or comparable experience in clinical setting.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Valid driver's license in applicable state.
• Licenses must be maintained as current, without restrictions and good driving record.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), proficiency in USRC applications required within 90 days of hire.