Summary of Job Description: To assist the providers as well as the other nursing staff and
medical assistants in providing efficient and high quality patient care.
Principle Responsibilities:
- Triage patients and take vital signs
- Document of 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
Qualifications:
- 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
- Prompt, regular attendance at the clinic.
