Medical Assitant-Clinical​/Office

Description

The Medical Assistant assists the physician in providing excellent patient care within the office environment. The role includes obtaining and recording accurate patient medical history, measuring and recording vital signs, documenting medication and allergy details, and assisting with physical exams and procedures. The assistant helps ensure patient wait times are minimized, keeps patient charts prepared, obtains relevant test results, offers friendly and confidential assistance, multitasks in a busy environment, and travels between locations as necessary.

• Take patients to exam rooms, gathering all necessary information for providers (height, weight, vitals, verifying allergies/meds, entering information into EMR when applicable, verifying previous information in EMR)
• Assist providers with physical exams, sigmoidoscopies, and bandings as needed
• Administer breath tests
• Call patients with normal test results at provider’s request
• Answer/return calls to patients with questions or concerns when necessary
• Receive and distribute all EMR documents and emails
• Order and pre-authorize special injectable and oral medication
• Hepatitis C patient follow-up with lab orders and results when LPN unavailable
• Order and monitor sample medications
• File and track lab and radiology orders to ensure patients follow through with their care as directed by providers
• Track procedure and pathology reports and forward to providers
• Enter recalls in EMR
• Keep exam rooms clean, neat and always stocked
• Collect biohazard red bags each month for pick up
• Take inventory as needed to accurately order supplies
• Schedule procedures, office visits, labs, radiology, and consultations when necessary
• Log off, shut down and place laptop computers in locked exam room cabinet each evening
• Display ability to access, interpret and document relevant patient history
• Display proficiency in using office hardware & software, including ECW, Misys & Chart Capture systems
• Appropriately & accurately sort and place procedure reports in patient charts
• Identify, provide, and record relevant hospital, patient history documentation
• Access patient laboratory results, using online or telephone procedures, as required
• Other duties as assigned

Full-time (40 hours per week)

• High School Graduate
• Medical Assistant or Nursing Assistant experience
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in gastroenterology nursing
• Current BLS certification
• Participation in ongoing continuing education
• Ability to deal compassionately, professionally, and courteously with patients and their families
• Full range of body motion, including manual and finger dexterity and eye‑hand coordination
• Extensive periods of standing or walking
• Bending, lifting, and carrying
• Normal color perception and corrected visual acuity and hearing to normal range
• Involvement with management, providers, staff, and patients and their families

• At least one (1) year of previous office experience preferred
• Medical Assistant and/or Nursing Assistant Certification (may be required depending on the location)