What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant - Deltona position at First Choice Pediatrics Inc?
Job Description
Medical Assistant
***HOURLY RATE DEPENDS ON EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION***
REQUIREMENTS:
- You have a degree and wish to get your foot in the door for a career in Medical Assistant
- If you have experience in a Medical Office.
JOB SUMMARY - This position is primarily responsible for:
- Support providers (physicians and nurse practitioners) in the provision of patient care
- record vital signs
- Discuss chief health concerns
- Perform testing, and administer injections
- Document in the EMR procedures and other medical documentation.
DAILY TASKS - Core duties and responsibilities include (however are not limited to) the following:
- Assists with providing patient care; records vital signs and discusses and records chief health concerns
- Places phone calls to pharmacies to order prescriptions; sets up referral contacts
- Pulls test results and prepares patient EMR for physician review; answers phone; performs other general office duties as required
- Maintains neatness of work area; stocks patient rooms with supplies
- Prepares treatment rooms for examination of patients
- Prepares instruments and materials to doctor as directed
- Cleans and sterilizes instruments
- Inventories and orders medical supplies and materials
- Operates electrocardiograph (EKG), and other equipment to administer routine diagnostic test or calls medical facility or department to schedule patients for test
- Gives injections or treatments, and performs routine laboratory tests
- Keys data into computer to maintain office and patient records.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
SKILLS/ ABILITIES- To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Interpersonal/human relations skills
- Customer service skills
- Ability to maintain schedules
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to exert physical effort, standing, lifting, and carrying materials or equipment
- Ability to file and retrieve information
- Ability to respond to questions in a tactful and professional manner
- Ability/willingness to adhere to established departmental service standards
- Follow all HIPAA regulations
- Keep certifications up to date
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE-
- One year certificate from college or technical school
- We prefer 2 years related experience and/or training; equivalent combination of education and experience is acceptable.
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS- The physical demands and working environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear
- The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms
- The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
- The employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday, Some Saturdays, 8 hours shift, Day shift
First Choice Pediatrics’ an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
We are a drug free environment; employees are subject to random drug screening.
Job Type: Full-time