Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant | Fairhope, AL | TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT 

Monday through Friday

8am to 5pm

$19-$21/hour

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Greet and prepare patients for provider examination by obtaining patient history, chief complaint, current medications, medical history, allergies, surgical history, family history, social history, and other preventative medicine reviews, take patients' vitals, and record information in the patient electronic medical record 

• Assist provider with examination, treatments, and procedures as directed

• Maintain complete and detailed records, electronically in the EMR, of patients’ information

• Measure and record vital signs and record them in the EMR

• Accurately and professionally handle all front-desk operations, including answering phones, greeting patients, scheduling appointments, addressing routine inquiries, and triaging calls

• Maintain patient medical records in accordance with the center's policy

• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or providers’ instructions to patients

• Prepare both patient and room for examination

• Complete patient phone calls including, but not limited to, proactive care coordination, medication reminders, appointment reminders, transitional care management, and complete documentation with telephone encounters accordingly.

• Provide both patient and provider support during procedures by handing instruments or equipment to the physician as directed

• Clean and sterilize instruments and equipment after use and dispose of contaminated supplies

• Perform clinical duties including administration of oral and injectable medications, irrigation of eyes and ears, dresses and bandages wounds and incisions, starts and monitors IV infusion, and assists physicians with any/all procedures as requested

• Perform in-office diagnostic tests including eye exams, electrocardiograph, administration of oxygen as ordered, pulse oximetry, peak flow, and inhalation treatments.

• Perform in-office CLIA-waived lab tests 

• Carry out quality controls related to lab equipment and testing, complete and maintain lab-related logs, perform PT/INR utilizing CoaguChek/Coag Sense machine, and perform glucose testing utilizing glucometer

• Accurately complete electronic medical records to include medical services rendered, test results, and supplies used

• Monitor disposable inventory and place orders for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals as requested

• Draw blood and process specimens for send-out

• Provide patient education as directed by the provider

• Assist front office tasks by performing additional clerical duties, including patient check-in/out, referrals, prescription medication management, inbound/outbound telephone calls etc.

• Help maintain an adequate inventory of office medications and medical supplies and orders as needed

• Assist in onboarding and training new Team Members

• Assist with inventory and maintaining office supplies

• Travel within region 85% of the time

• Additional duties as assigned

Position Requirements/ Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent required

• Completion of Accredited Medical Assistant program preferred (RMA or CMA)

• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a Medical Assistant

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At least one year of clinical medical assisting experience

* Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
* Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
* Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
* Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
* Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets, or physicians' instructions to patients.
* Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
* Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
* Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
* Help physicians examine and treat patients, handing them instruments or materials or performing such tasks as giving injections or removing sutures.
* Perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
* Greet and log in patients arriving at office or clinic.
* Perform general office duties, such as answering telephones, taking dictation, or completing insurance forms.
* Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician.
* Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
* Change dressings on wounds.
* Schedule appointments for patients.
* Keep financial records or perform other bookkeeping duties, such as handling credit or collections or mailing monthly statements to patients.
* Set up medical laboratory equipment.
* Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.