Specialty Clinic Medical Assistant or Clinic Assistant

Essential Tasks/Duties

• Work with multiple physicians, mid-level providers, RN, LPN, CMA and registration staff in a pod nursing environment
• Room patients, prepare for visit, and assist provider with patient care, visit, and flow
• Perform tasks such as specimen collection/testing/recording of results/labeling, vision/color testing, cultures, hematology testing, glucose testing, pregnancy testing, etc
• Assist, prepare, and administer immunizations and other injections; administer medications by all routes excluding intravenous infusion, as directed
• Assist with suturing and casting; ear and eye irrigations; staple/suture removal and dressing changes; set up surgical tray and assist with minor office surgeries
• Office skills: answer phone, take/return accurate messages; phone prescriptions to pharmacy, telephone lab/test results to patient
• Obtain insurance authorizations
• Work with other health care providers to assist in the provision of delegated aspects of patient care
• Use basic communication skills to enhance a patient’s expression of needs
• Organize, within the specified work period, those delegated aspects of care for which he/she is accountable
• Ensure patient satisfaction by providing kind, attentive and conscientious care
• Assist with other duties as time permits

Qualifications

• For Clinic Medical Assistant: Graduate of a Medical Assistant program; Preferred Certified by the American Association of Medical Assistants as a Medical Assistant.
• If Clinic Assistant: Licensed EMT in the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services; CPR certification is required (or completed within 60 days of hire).
• In addition, the candidate must exhibit a professional manner; display strong decision-making skills within his/her scope of practice, demonstrate good organizational skills, be flexible and display strong interpersonal skills.