Medical Assistant

Job Objective: Assists patients in a timely, courteous, and professional manner. Will provide accurate information, schedule appointments, and assist with MLP (or physician) orders.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Primary Job Functions:

Room patients in clinic for up to 4 doctors. Rooming patients include taking vitals, reviewing health history, and reason for visit as well as turning over rooms between patients

occasional discharge for office patients, providing patients orders, scheduling them for procedures, subsequent visits, and providing them appropriate discharge paperwork

Orders protocol for physicians

Initiate capsule endoscopy visits, assist patients with swallowing pillcam and outfit them with proper recording equipment for the day, retrieving equipment at end of day when patient returns and download recordings

Receive tasks to scheduling capsule endoscopy patients

Daily reviews and has working knowledge of physician's schedules

Practice appropriate charting methods

Travel between offices is required Secondary Job Functions:

Assist Medical Secretaries, including reviewing/managing any mail/miscellaneous correspondence, patient charts, messages, scheduling by physician/MLP, orders, and any other responsibilities that need attention

Receptionist duties, as will back up receptionist when needed

Assist with physician/MLP recall appointments

Attend all office meetings and in services as required

Maintaining confidentially of patient, personal and financial information by utilizing HIPAA guidelines and regulations

Any other tasks as requested by the physician, executive director, human resource manager, and/or the office supervisor Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge of medical terminology

Knowledge of HIPAA regulations

Ability to handle a multi-line phone system

Ability to organize work material and/or charts to ensure accuracy of patient records

Ability to relate to all levels of patients, staff members as well as external providers and/or agencies

Neat appearance and professional demeanor and pleasant phone demeanor

Knowledge of modern office procedures and methods including telephone communications, office systems, and record keeping

Knowledge of modern business communication, including style and format of letters, memoranda, minutes, and reports

Skill to use a personal computer and various software packages

Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives with little supervision

Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems

Fluent in English Credentials & Experience:

Must have high school diploma or equivalent

Prefer 2 years' experience working in a medical environment.(office, clinical, or hospital) Special Requirements:

Willingness to learn new tasks, be cross-trained within the office, and be flexible with work load to help office flow

Flexibility in working hours willing to work occasional overtime Physical Demands:

Applies the principles of body mechanics in lifting or moving people, or equipment (occasional)

Must be able to independently lift 25 pounds (occasional)

Physical ability to retrieve and file records in a (6-7 shelf) file cabinet. (Frequent)

Must be able to sit (frequent), stand (frequent), walk (frequent), stoop (frequent), bend over (frequent), and type on keyboard (frequent)

Ability to communicate in person and by phone (frequent) Work Environment:

Medical office requiring some contact with adult patients

Office workstation environment with numerous employees

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