Medical Assistant-Senior (Gateway Pulmonary)

Responsibilities

• Intakes patients by obtaining vital signs and weight.
• Obtains history, chief complaint, medications, allergies and documents appropriately in the EMR.
• Reports all pertinent findings to Physicians.
• Manages patient appointments according to the Physician's schedules and protocols.
• Answers messages from patients by clinic policy.
• Handles and answers external as well as internal phone calls and assists in department call center transferring calls to the appropriate departments.
• Provides in-service training and precepts Medical Assistants.
• Participates in developing best practices in clinical workflows.
• Performs Point of Care Testing (POCT), documents and reports clinical findings to Registered Nurse (RN) in charge and/or Provider.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• SUPPORTS THE MISSION, VISION AND PATIENT PROMISE THROUGHOUT ALL INTERACTIONS.
• COMMUNICATES EFFECTIVELY, WRITTEN AND VERBALLY.
• Possesses ANALYTICAL THINKING – THIS ROLE REQUIRES ANALYZING INFORMATION AND USING LOGIC TO COORDINATE WORK WITHIN SCHEDULE CONSTRAINTS AND HANDLE EMERGENT REQUIREMENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
• PARTICIPATES AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTHCARE TEAM IN PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE TO THE PATIENT THE UT HEALTH WAY.
• KNOWLEDGE OF EPIC SOFTWARE; MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE EPIC SUPER USER.
• METTS ALL TRAINING AND COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS.

Required Skills

• FIVE (5) YEARS OF DIRECTLY-RELATED EXPERIENCE AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT IS REQUIRED.