SUMMARY - The medical assistant provides routine medical procedures and assists the physician/nurse practitioner/psychiatrist with routine preparation for various procedures and exams for mentally ill consumers and their families. This position collaborates with the physician, nurse practitioner, psychiatrist, primary therapist, case manager and allied team members.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but may not be limited to the following:
- Assists in day-to-day activities to create efficient, effective patient experience.
- Reports to work on time as scheduled and at the location assigned.
- Obtain patient vital signs.
- Medication reconciliation and updating health history.
- Reports necessary information to physician/nurse practitioner and other staff to allow for the development of client treatment goals and objectives when medical intervention is indicated.
- Rooming patients.
- Referrals for specialists.
- Telephone follow-up for non-emergent testing results.
- Setting up examination equipment, i.e., well-woman exam.
- Provides routine medical procedures/testing.
- Schedule appointments.
- Administer pulmonary functioning testing (PFT); spirometry.
- Administer EKG testing.
- Vaccine & injectable medication administration.
- Administer other testing as trained, indicated and appropriate.
- Documents activities in electronic medical record.
- Makes chart notes of pertinent information obtained during visit.
- May provide primary care coordination for treatment planning.
- Completes all required documentation within established timeframes.
- Records and charts any injectables.
- Observes clients for side effects of medications, and reports concerns to staff physician/nurse practitioner.
- Follow-up with patients regarding test results & messages.
- Responsible for staying current in the field and up-to-date on LBS policies.
- Completes required trainings in the required time-frames.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE – Medical Assistant from a certified school/college/program is required. Ability to effectively treat consumers with mental illness using time limited treatment modalities, and quality care services. Preferred 2 years experience in working with the mentally ill population.
LANGUAGE SKILLS - Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to establish professional working relationships with all staff. Appropriately articulates the view of the agency when networking in the community.
CREDENTIALING, LICENSURE. Certified as Medical Assistant in the State of Michigan.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
