What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant Certified Orthopedics position at Riverview Health?
Job Summary
The Certified Medical Assistant assists in preparation for patient care, provides care coordination, clinical documentation, and other clinical support functions in a physician practice office setting.
Job Responsibilities
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The Certified Medical Assistant assists in preparation for patient care, provides care coordination, clinical documentation, and other clinical support functions in a physician practice office setting.
Job Responsibilities
- Prepare patients for physician/provider examination and administers injections and immunizations. Performs laboratory testing, EKG's and other medical office testing and procedures. Schedules appointments, testing procedures and works both front office and clinical areas as assigned. Ability to apply medical knowledge and critical thinking skills assisting physician for proficient and comprehensive documentation.
- Arrange for diagnostic testing, specialist appointments and hospital admission.
- May perform required phlebotomy, administer injections, immunizations and other special procedures, venipuncture, cleansing wounds/lesions sites. Measure and record at least three vital signs per patient visit.
- May Perform telephone triage asking details of illness, answering questions, ensuring information is available, and reviewing phone calls with the nurse practitioner or physician as appropriate.
- Maintain waiting room, examination rooms, offices and order supplies as required.
- Contribute to team building through the support of management decisions and participating in performance improvement activities. Train other Medical Assistants.
- Notify management of changes in workload.
- Complete all educational requirements.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Minimum: High School Diploma or equivalent and completion of qualified Certified or Registered Medical Assistant course.
- Minimum: None
- Preferred: One (1) or more years of Medical Office experience, previous patient care experience in the physician office specialty area.
- Minimum: Certified or Registered Medical Assistant and Basic Life Support (American Heart Association)
Required
- Technical/other training or better in Medical Assisting
- High School or better in Other
- GED or better in Other
Required
- Certified Medical Assist
- BLS- Basic Life Support
- Cert Clin Medical Asst
- Nat Reg Cert Med Asst
- Reg Medical Assistant
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