Position Summary
Greets patients in order to determine needs; registers and directs patients to the correct appointment areas. Records chief complaint, takes vital signs and health information, and performs routine tests and procedures including venipuncture, blood pressures, pulse rates, respirations, weights and heights. Prepares equipment/supplies and cleans examination rooms in order to prepare for patient examinations. Verifies insurance coverage and authorizations and collects payments from patients. Assists health care providers during examinations, treatments, and minor surgery. Schedules appointments, maintains master schedule for physicians and provides information; receives and routes calls and relays messages. Orders, updates, copies and files patients'' charts/medical records in order to insure their availability for health care providers. Orders and schedules lab tests, retrieves and distributes results to health care providers, laboratories and medical records as directed. Types materials, completes and verifies forms, and maintains general filing system and the petty cash and change fund. Monitors supply inventory and orders per guidelines.
Unit Specific Education/Experience/Skills
Knowledge normally acquired through a high school education; six months to one year of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in a medical office setting or in a clinical setting performing routine health assessment tests; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. May require experience in the use word processing and database software, a specified medical course such as Nurse Health Aid and Phlebotomy, or Medical Billing and Medical Terminology experience. May require knowledge of electronic medical record and patient scheduling systems.
Requires certification as a medical assistant.
Desired Qualifications
Passionate about pediatrics, good customer service skills, flexible schedule. MCIR, immunization, Athena/EMR experience
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
Required Application Materials
Cover letter
Resume
Proof of Medical Assistant Certification
Work Hours
Work hours are typically 8:00am - 5:00pm, but can vary as necessary to accommodate clinic operations
Summary of Health Risks
Exposure to human blood, serum, tissue and other body fluids; and materials covered under Universal Precautions; TB risk or work within three (3) feet of patients in a health care setting; wear a respirator. Covid precautions.
