Medical Assistant

About This Role

Provide high-quality and efficient clinical care to patients in a medical practice setting. This role involves administrative duties as well as direct patient support.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and cancel patient appointments
• Check-in and check-out patients
• Enter charges and process payments
• Answer telephones
• Verify patient insurance and demographics
• Collect co-payments, coinsurance, and personal balances
• Perform selected administrative duties and assist nursing staff
• Collect patient specimens
• Take patient histories and vital signs
• Prepare exam and treatment rooms with necessary instruments
• Give injections and apply casts, splints, and dressings as applicable
• Prepare and maintain supplies and equipment for treatments, including sterilization
• Assist physician in preparing for minor surgeries and physicals
• Coordinate continuity of patient care with external healthcare organizations and facilities (for Patient Center Medical Home certified practices)
• Participate on a team for data collection, health outcomes reporting, audits, and programmatic evaluation (for Patient Center Medical Home certified practices)

Requirements

• One year of Medical Assisting or other direct clinical patient care experience
• Medical Assistant Certification OR ability to obtain within 60 days of employment for recent graduates OR ability to obtain within one year of hire date for experienced candidates

Qualifications

• One year of Medical Assisting or direct clinical patient care experience in a healthcare setting

Benefits

Certifications