The Certified Medical Assistant, Practice Operations primary responsibility is to assist in the delivery of healthcare support for the practice. The Medical Assistant is a professional member of the interdisciplinary team and consistently demonstrates and promotes the values of the organization.
Requirements
- Conducts pre-visit planning by reviewing and updating the patient’s medical record prior to the appointment with recent test results and correspondence and determines needed services by conferring with the provider.
- Completes pre-charting of all value based pieces up to five days prior to patient’s appointment. Sends messages to the Care Team, when warranted.
- Responsible for preparing patients for examination and escorting them into the exam room.
- Provides other patient care services as needed/directed: keeps exam rooms clean; maintains clinical supplies in exam rooms; cleans and autoclaves contaminated instruments ; gives injections or immunizations within State guidelines.
- Communicates and coordinates with providers or Care Team regarding hospital discharge, Emergency Department visits, consulting physicians, community resources, disease management, patient self-management, patient and/or family education on chronic conditions, and labs or other testing as well as specialist visits.
- Actively participates in department activities: attends departmental meetings; actively participates as a team member in resolution of problems as they are identified; analyzes current procedures.
- Responsible to dispose Bio-Hazardous waste and regular waste per practice protocol.
- Maintains vaccine temperature logs, inventory and ordering of medical supplies (i.e.: vaccines, medications), disposing of expired sample medication, and stocking rooms to set par levels.
- Performs other administrative tasks (e.g. check-in and check-out functions, opening and closing office procedures, etc...) as needed.
- Brings suggestions for improvement to the attention of Practice Managers and Providers for consideration.
- Actively participates in maintaining and/or improving quality improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short term disability insurance
- Long term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Sick leave
- Professional development opportunities
