Medical Assistant

About This Role

This Medical Assistant position involves performing a mix of administrative and clinical duties to support patient care and ensure smooth office operations within the Women's Center For Pelvic Health.

Responsibilities

• Accurately register and schedule patients, and print providers daily schedules
• Ensure sufficient inventories of medical and office supplies are stocked
• Process ordering of clinical supplies in accordance with practice standards
• Demonstrate understanding of Quality Assurance/Quality Control standards and complete lab requests, referral and health forms
• Administer injections, EKGs, spirometry, perform phlebotomy, and render therapeutic treatments as instructed by physician
• Determine patient eligibility using programs like Medicaid EVS and identify when a patient needs a referral/preauthorization
• Answer and screen office calls, greet patients, and project proper telephone etiquette
• Enter accurate, complete, and timely data into electronic health records, accessing patient information only as pertains to duties
• Obtain patient vital signs and properly document them in the medical record
• Interview, triage, and prepare patients for examinations, and provide general assistance to the provider and staff

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• One year of clerical/billing experience in a medical office setting
• Experience operating multi-line phone systems, fax machines, photocopiers, PCs, credit card machines, glucometers, EKG machines and other medical equipment
• Current American Heart Association Health Care Provider CPR certification

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 1 year of clerical/billing experience in a medical office setting

Nice to Have

• CMA, RMA or AAMA (through an approved/accredited organization)
• Certification in Medical Interpretation (if serving as a bilingual/multilingual interpreter)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

Certifications