Medical Assistant - Internal Medicine

## Medical Assistant
- Internal Medicine Apply:
Omaha Area Clinic
- Omaha, NE:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR116265
** Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
** At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge.

We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
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* Job Summary:

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* Location:

Methodist Physicians Clinic
- Regency  Address: 10060 Regency Circle
- Omaha, NE

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm    Assists physicians in daily activities such as preparing patients for examination, phlebotomy, injections, assisting providers with entering medication, laboratory and radiology orders, scheduling diagnostic tests and making and receiving phone calls.
** Responsibilities:**#
** Essential Functions
**** Joint (Floor and Phone)
** 1. Medical Home
* Maintain and update medical records and forms
* Completes tracking forms and follows up on missed appointments and procedures.
* Assists Health Coaches by working patient lists and scheduling appointments as directed.
2. Provide patients and caregivers with preprinted health-related instructions from the provider.
3. Maintains work areas to ensure healthy environmental conditions by cleaning and organizing equipment and rooms.
* Maintains clean and organized work area according to department/provider protocol 99% of the time.
* Transmit written prescription orders and medication refills. Handles prescription refills according to department/provider protocols 99% of the time.
4. Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the “Age Specific Criteria”.
* Completes Age Specific Quiz annually
** Floor
* * 1. Prepares exam rooms and equipment to facilitate treatment and examination of patients by setting up instruments/equipment and stocking supplies.
* Prepares exam rooms and medical equipment according to provider protocol 95% of the time.
2. Prepares patient for provider exam by gathering patient data such as vital signs, height, weight, and reason for visit. Enters data into the medical record.
3. Transcribes information provided by patients into the medical record, such as medical history, medications, and other information as directed by the provider.
* Prepares patient for exam by following provider protocol and company policies 95% of the time.
4. Assists providers to facilitate patient treatment by retrieving test results and medical records as directed.
* Obtains provider requested tests, records, and lab work 95% of the time.
5. Performs EKGs as instructed.
6. Assists with and/or performs phlebotomy with proper labeling and handling of specimens, accurately completes requisitions, and collects specimens according to standard procedures/protocols and performing and documenting quality control activities.
* Performs above procedure according to clinic policy and procedures 95% of the time.
7. Transcribes exact written prescriber instructions for electronic order entry for laboratory and radiology procedures.
* Ensures accuracy of order entry and completes appropriate documentation without error at least 98% of the time.
8. Assists providers to facilitate patient treatment by…