Medical Assistant

Job Description

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation

Job Description:

Medical Assistant

Reports to:

Office Manager/RN

To assist the providers as well as the other nursing staff and medical assistants in providing efficient and high quality patient care.

• Triage patients and take vital signs
• Document all patient care in electronic medical record (EMR)
• Complete patient paperwork including prior authorizations, home health paperwork, medical supply paperwork, etc
• Assist provider with:
  • Performing exams, invasive procedures and minor surgeries
  • Ordering standard laboratory tests for chronic disease visits
  • Completing quality management in EMR
  • Reconciling medications and allergies for each patient at each clinical encounter
  • E-prescribing medications once the appropriate changes to the medicines have been made by the provider
• Schedule consultation appointments or imaging appointments for patients
• Prepare patients for examination or procedures
• Set up for procedures
• Respond to patient messages, schedule appointments and procedures
• Clean and stock rooms, and update inventory records
• Administer medications and vaccines upon satisfactory assessment of competency
• Perform patient tests and screenings, including x-rays, upon satisfactory assessment of competency
• Perform waived laboratory testing as ordered by physician upon satisfactory assessment of competency
• Remove sutures or staples from superficial wounds, as well as casts, splints, and other external devices
• Work through assigned tasks in EMR
• Communicate with other physician offices, patients, and other ancillary health care offices like pharmacies at the direction of the providers

• Satisfactory completion of CMCF Medical Assistant Training Program
• Certified Medical Assistant preferred but not required
• Experience in a medical office desired
• Excellent customer service and phone communication skills
• Basic experience with computers
• Ability to manage time, multitask, and handle high stress environments