What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant - Naperville position at Prestige Staffing?
JobID: 51129
Medical Assistant
Specialty: Outpatient Clinic, Infectious Disease
Location: Naperville, IL
Schedule: Fulltime, Monday - Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (1/2 hour lunch break) or 8 am- 4 pm (These times will vary based on patient volume and other extenuating circumstances)
Pay based on experience: $18 /hr.
Description Of Duties
Medical Assistant
Specialty: Outpatient Clinic, Infectious Disease
Location: Naperville, IL
Schedule: Fulltime, Monday - Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (1/2 hour lunch break) or 8 am- 4 pm (These times will vary based on patient volume and other extenuating circumstances)
Pay based on experience: $18 /hr.
Description Of Duties
- Administer medications, treatments, and injections as delegated under physician’s supervision.
- Receive, organize, and dispense medication and other samples as prescribed by physicians, recording all samples dispensed in the patient’s EHR.
- Assist with patient recalls for abnormal labs and/or test results.
- Performs medical assisting procedures under supervision of, or as delegated by a physician.
- Assists physicians in all procedures related to patient examinations.
- Assist colleagues with patient/physician flow in exam and procedure rooms.
- Take and record in EHR baseline vital signs (BP, P, T°, Wt., & R), patient history (review of symptoms, medical history, ALL medications patient is currently taking (including OTC meds and herbal supplements, etc.), and allergies.
- Routine laboratory procedures, which include but are not limited to - urinalysis, blood glucose. Venipunctures as needed.
- Assist physicians with completion of superbills during patient consults.
- Process all pharmacy and patient electronic requests and phone calls for medication refills.
- Responsible for managing and setting up all physician computers to receive weekly software updates.
- Obtain precertification / prior authorization as needed for medications and procedures.
- Prepare lab requisitions, and schedule procedures and tests with ancillary providers when ordered by physician.
- Respond to patient calls received before 4 pm on the same day. Respond to all calls received after 4 pm before 12 pm the following business day.
- Enroll patients in the patient portal.
- Maintain crash cart, properly discarding all expired products and replenishing with new product as needed.
- Review the “Lab Requisitions” daily for labs ordered, but not reported.
- Graduate of medical assisting course or nursing program
- CPR certified.
- Phlebotomy preferred but not required
Salary : $18