Medical Assistant- New Beginnings Women's Health Care

Job Description

Qualifications

• •High School Graduate or GED
• •Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations and procedures to administer patient care
• •Medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care
• •Common safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe work environment
• •Skilled in identifying problems and recommending solutions
• •Preparing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public
• •Ability to maintain quality control standards
• •React calmly and effectively in emergency situations
• •Interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures
• •Communicate clearly
• •Graduation from an accredited program for Medical Assistants
• •Certification from the American Association of Medical Assistants
• •CPR certification
• •Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination; requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time; occasionally lifts and carries times weighing up to 50 pounds; requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range; requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours

Benefits

Responsibilities

• •The Medical Assistant provides high quality care to meet departmental goals; responsibly and cost
• •effectively manages equipment, supplies and ancillary services; establishes communication and
• •maintains good working relationships with physicians and office personnel to facilitate quality
• •patient care; demonstrates an understanding of non-judgmental care as it relates to the
• •psychological and emotional needs of the patients
• •Greet and escort patients to the examining room; make them feel welcome and comfortable
• •Prepare and assist patients for exams; obtain urine specimens, check vital signs, document symptoms, complaints and medications, prepare for lab tests and procedures, etc
• •Ensure the patients’ demographic information is correct and updated
• •Assist the physician, residents and fellows with exams and procedures
• •Give injections and/or teach the patient to administer injection when needed
• •Assist patients with obtaining lab slips and/or referrals, scheduling procedures, prescriptions, etc
• •Recognize urgent or emergency situations and act appropriately; reorder and replace items used from the crash cart or emergency kit
• •Accompany patients with emergencies to hospital in a wheelchair or by stretcher; monitor continuously until under the care of hospital nurse; document events in patients’ medical record
• •Put charges and diagnoses on chart forms or obtain this from the physician
• •Instruct the patient to take router copy to check-out
• •Take lab specimens to the dumb-waiter or lab
• •Maintain a safe environment for patients and others
• •Cooperate and interact with team members and co-workers
• •Educate patients on health care concerns and problems, office and hospital procedures, birth control, prenatal, postpartum and gynecological care, medications, infertility, testing, surgery, etc
• •Request and flow medical records
• •Maintain patient confidentiality
• •Practice infection control; dispose of contaminated needles, drugs and supplies properly; use good hand washing technique; disinfect patient areas after use and clean exam rooms after patients are seen
• •Perform phlebotomy
• •Assist with pre and post-op care
• •Monitor established pregnancies through lab work and ultrasounds
• •Maintain patient charting, testing and flow sheets
• •Evaluate calls for emergencies and triage appropriately
• •Document all phone calls in EMR
• •Schedule: surgeries, admissions, x-rays, ultrasounds, lab tests, aminos, blood donations and other tests procedures, coordinating surgeries and appointments, if needed
• •Educate patients on health care concerns and problems, office and hospital procedures, birth control, prenatal, postpartum and gynecological care, medications, infertility, testing and surgery, etc
• •Answer patient questions
• •Notify Utilization Review for verification and “Surgery Notification”, CC to Financial Review; pre-certify if necessary; place information into computer for pre-certification process
• •Send orders with patients to the hospital admitting office
• •Authorize refills of medications
• •Phone new prescriptions to pharmacies
• •Write prescriptions for doctors to sign
• •Fill out lab slips and send them to the lab
• •Review and triage all lab work with MD: notify patients of results by phone or mail with appropriate documentation; treat as ordered by MD and instruct patients as needed; file lab slips
• •Observe designated “on call” lunch schedules
• •Prepare charts for the following day
• •Request charts for daily mail, lab reports and correspondence; document and flow each chart on computer; route completed charts to appropriate departments
• •Complete all charges and diagnosis on charge slips for office visits and surgeries
• •Assist MD with phone calls to patients and/or to other physicians
• •Coordinate and schedule physician’s appointments, meetings and procedures
• •Clean and restock rooms with supplies and sterile instruments
• •Clean and maintain nurses’ stations and work areas
• •Assist in orientation of new personnel
• •Maintain and rotate stock medications and samples; check for expiration dates prior to dispensing; keep stock away from easy patient access
• •Perform any additional duties as needed
• •Assist MD, Division Administrator, Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant with any duties deemed necessary for quality patient care
• •Be cognizant of changing concepts, trends and scientific advances in OB-GYN/Infertility care
• •Participate in task forces and committees; update knowledge base and skills by formal education, attending professional education meetings, attending departmental in-service and committee meetings
• •Other duties as assigned