Medical Assistant Float

Department: Physician Practice
Status: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Non-exempt
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am - 4:30pm
Address: 6450 Rockledge Dr, Bethesda, MD 20817 

Job Summary: 

MedStar Health is looking for a Medical Assistant Float to join our team at Goldstein & Associates.

The Medical Assistant-Float performs clinical and administrative duties in an ambulatory care setting under the supervision of a physician/provider and/or a registered nurse. Duties may include venipuncture, medication and vaccine administration, measurement, and documentation of vital signs, and assisting providers with patient exams, and telephone and clerical support. Position requires routine assignment ("float") among multiple practice sites/locations in an assigned geographic region. 

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Primary Duties: 

• Assists providers with patient preparation for examination, minor office procedures and with the examination and education of patients. Supports other members of the clinical care team, assuring optimal best-practice patient flow; manages variable and unpredictable patient volume throughout the workday. Provides clerical support. Screens all patients, regardless of visit type, for preventative care needs, ongoing support, barriers to care, safety concerns, and potential fall risk. Conducts surveillance for transitions of care, urgent/emergent care, or follow-up tasks such as retrieval of documents. Conducts motivational interviews. Identifies potential behavioral health needs of patients using appropriate screening tools and notifies provider of findings. 

• Participates in performance improvement initiatives to improve care quality and safety. Ensures ongoing compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and quality/safety standards. Participates in population management activities including an awareness of the populations served and engages the patient in self-management support, care/health goal setting, pre-visit planning, and the capturing of information that leads to health care improvement activities. Performs selected patient and laboratory testing consistent with the scope of the practice. Removes sutures/staples after the provider has examined the patient and written the appropriate order. Documents these activities in the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR) or other venues based on policy. 

• Documents clinically related activities accurately in the patient’s EMR; perform required patient follow-up. Collects and processes specimens, complete requisitions, and documents in a logbook or other applicable forms/records. Provides escort for patients and assists with patient discharge activities. Provides chaperoning for patients per policy. Fulfills infection prevention and environmental responsibilities. Updates appropriate records of scheduled equipment maintenance and manages drug and medical supply inventories. Provides telephone screening services to gather information from patients, determine appropriate disposition, and document per established telephone screening protocols. 

• Under supervision, inserts an intravenous catheter for physician initiated IV fluid therapy or administration of intravenous medications. Under direct onsite physician supervision, may insert, remove, and monitor urinary catheter for procedures and prepare and administer oral drugs and injections limited to intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular. May perform phlebotomy. Utilizes the EMR to propose patient medication refills for provider approval. Completes requisitions for tests. Contacts insurance companies for Pre-authorizations for patient medications and specialty referrals. 

Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or GED. 

• 6 months experience working in an ambulatory care medical office or equivalent. 

• Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)- AAMA by the American Association of Medical Assistants or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)- American Medical Technologists within 1 year. 

• CPR (Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation) within 90 Days. 

• Externship in a medical or ambulatory health setting strongly preferred. Completed externship program at MedStar health may be substituted for the 6 months experience in ambulatory care medical office.  

• Experience working with electronic medical records preferred. 

• Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program preferred.  

• For cardiology offices only: 6 months experience working in an ambulatory care medical office or equivalent required, or Bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology/science or related major or successful completion of a cardiac technician course.