Certified Medical Assistant

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Dearborn Shared Clinic time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
R-101712
* Serving one million patients and their families annually. Advancing medical knowledge, technologies and practices. Developing and educating the next generation of exceptional health care professionals.
* With more than 100 locations in hospital-based clinics, outpatient health and specialty care centers, we provide the most advanced medicine and thoughtful, patient-centric care to the greater metro-Detroit community.#
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* Job Summary:

** The Medical Assistant will assist Physicians with testing, examinations, education, and treatment of patients.#
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* Job Description:

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* Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Greet and escort patients to examination rooms; take detailed medical history
* Take and enter into medical record patients’ vital signs; alert physician or nurse of any abnormalities
* Perform testing and/or sample collection including blood draws, electrocardiograms, injections, cultures, biopsies, urinalyses, etc.; ensure all collected samples are properly labeled and transported in a timely fashion
* Assist physician with medical procedures
* Follow-up/track receipt of results from tests and procedures ordered by the physician
* Check encounter forms, diagnostic laboratory forms and physician orders on patients’ records for accuracy and completeness
* Maintain a safe and clean environment; clean equipment and examination rooms according to established procedures
* Retrieve and deliver paperwork or supplies and distribute forms, etc. to other departments
* Maintain various logs including maintenance, inventory and biopsy
* Perform clerical duties including photocopying, data entry, faxing, e-mailing, ordering supplies, establishing and following up on appointment scheduling and maintaining and retrieving patient records
* Perform reception duties including answering telephones and taking and relaying messages
* Establish and maintain productive working relationships with people inside and outside the department and/or practice
** Education,

Licensure/Certification , and Training:
*** High School Diploma or GED
* Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program
* Certification as a Medical Assistant (level I preferred, level II required)
* CPR Certification
* 3-5 years’ experience in ambulatory care preferred
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* Skills and Abilities:

*** Patient care skills
* Ability to operate accurately a variety of medical equipment including blood pressure monitors, autoclaves, glucometers, thermometers, syringes/needles, scales, EKG, ultrasound, centrifuges, stethoscopes
* Good written and verbal communication skills to convey and receive information effectively (face-to-face, telephone and electronic)
* Good analytical and judgment skills
* Ability to use computer software programs and systems
* Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding patients, personnel and/or financial data
* Excellent organizational skills to work independently, prioritize, handle multiple tasks and manage time
** Safety Requirements:
*** Compliance with Department Health and Safety policies and procedures
** Working Conditions/

Schedule:

*** 40-hour work week, hours and days to be determined by the business needs of the department. Additional hours may be required

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