Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant

The Medical Assistant will be responsible for assisting in examination and treatment of patients under direction of the Physician. Core Responsibilities include : demonstrating effective verbal and written communication, making each customer feel informed, understood, and special, being an effective team player, facing tasks and challenges with energy and passion, pursuing activities with focus and drive, and adhering to standards of business conduct and compliance.

Major Responsibilities :

• Interviews patients, measures vital signs, and records information on patients' charts.
• Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients.
• Drapes patients with covering and positions instruments and equipment.
• Hands instruments and materials to doctor as directed.
• Cleans and sterilizes instruments.
• Inventories and orders medical supplies and materials.
• Gives injections or treatments, and performs routine laboratory tests.
• Keys data into computer to maintain office and patient records.
• Assists doctors with charting, chart auditing, CPT and ICD-9 review.
• Performs venipunctures, EKG's, vital signs, blood draws, and injections.
• Prepares patients for examination and treatment, and assists during minor office procedures.
• Prepares exam and treatment rooms (instrument preparation and sterilization, prescription refills, faxing, and filing).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Qualifications :

Working Conditions :

Center-Based. Requires working in a clinical setting. The noise level is moderate and there is a potential for exposure to infectious diseases and blood-borne pathogens. The ability to stand and sit for hours at a time, (with some bending and stooping), ability to use manual dexterity in relation to clinical requirements, and ability to lift 50 lbs.