Specialty Clinic Medical Assistant / Surgery Scheduler- PRN 2 shifts per week

Description

Position: Medical Assistant (RMA/CMA)

Reports To: Specialty Clinic Lead

Schedule: -PRN

Position Location/Department: Specialty Clinic (Primary)/Sheridan Care (Secondary)

Job Summary: Sheridan Community Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality healthcare to our close-knit rural community. Our team values personalized care, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence. We are seeking a caring, dependable Medical Assistant to join our patient-centered team.  This is a crucial component of the practice; they will work alongside the provider and clerical staff to ensure that patients receive optimal care and to aid in office efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review with the patient and document their physical/emotional condition, effectively obtain social, medical, and family history
• Accurately obtain patient vital signs, height, weight, temp, pulse, and communicate to the provider
• Provide support and assistance to the physician/practitioner during patient examinations and procedures                                                                 
• Complete and document physician/practitioner orders (i.e. lab work, medication administration, samples, EKG, etc)
• Complete and documentation into EMR charting of all clinical test results, and other patient interactions                
• Assist the patient in scheduling all follow-up appointments, patient education, or referrals as necessary       
• Complete all medical record documentation and requirements                                          
• Maintain PHI, Quality Improvement Activities, office logs, etc
• Clean and disinfect each patient room between appointments as well as keep instruments stocked and sterilized
• Complete DME orders for provider signature
• Test AED defibrillator on daily basis
• Respond to all emails and voicemails of the specialty clinic
• Maintain Patient Communication
• Make sure documents are properly logged and brought to Health Information Management
• Assist in preparing and coordinating for new specialists
• Participate in quality improvement projects. Attend training and meetings as required
• Maintains awareness of current quality and safety measures on the unit and follows guidelines or reporting measures to ensure safety of patients, visitors, and staff.
• Knowledge and skills in quality improvement and research methodologies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education, Experience and Other Requirements:

• Graduate of a Medical Assisting or Certification program required.
• Knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a medical practice, to include basic patient care skills.
• Medical terminology knowledge and the ability to accurately utilize the CPT and ICD 10 manuals.
• Data entry skills.
• Good communication skills required, in both verbal and written form. 
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and handle complex workload that requires meeting daily deadlines.
• Detail-oriented and well organized
• Required knowledge and compliance with HIPPA

ACCIDENT OR HEALTH HAZARD:

Requires exposure to communicable disease and/or bodily fluids, toxic substance, medicinal preparation and other conditions common to a clinic environment. The tasks performed on the job produce exposure to injuries obtained in use of equipment, hazardous material or health hazards (communicable diseases) that could result in permanent or long-term illness or injury.

PHYSICAL DEMAND/ WORKING CONDITIONS:

Agreeable office environment, duties may include light to moderate exertion of manual effort in transporting materials, equipment, and /or transporting patients; frequent standing and /or walking, lifting, bending, pushing, and /or pulling loads up to 25 pounds.