Medical Assistant, Practice Support Technician

Job Summary

As a Certified Medical Assistant, you will provide administrative and clinical support to ensure efficient operation of a primary care clinic. You will support doctors, physician assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and patients through various tasks related to patient care management, organization, and communication.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in decision-making and process improvement.
• Focuses on the problem or issue, not the person.
• Assist with daily clerical operations, including answering multi-phone lines and making copies of documents as necessary.
• Accurately files patient charts; including scanning documents into files as necessary.
• Schedules patient appointments as necessary, return visits, and Specialists.
• Distributes referrals as necessary to physicians and insurance companies; keep proper documentation of referral requests/responses in patient charts.
• Pre-authorize prescriptions and clinical tests (CT, MRI, Ultrasound, etc.) as necessary.
• Phone/faxing patient prescriptions as necessary.
• Schedules Diagnostic Imaging studies, BMDs, dietician appointments, cardiology testing, and radiology testing for patients, and completes all appropriate paperwork.
• Accurately performs a variety of clinical testing, including EKG, PFT, DPN, Quantaflo, BMD, PQR-9, CLIA waived lab tests, vitals, O2 sats, DRE Camera, and urinalysis/hemocult tests according to licensed providers orders.
• Maintains QC logs per CLIA guidelines.
• Thoroughly and accurately complete patient information forms prior to physician meeting with patient; assist physician with chart as necessary.
• Adheres to Clinic Safety and Quality guidelines.

About Universal Health Services

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.