Clinical Medical Assistant - Pediatrics
About The Position
Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare across Southern Maryland. With 9 clinical sites across Prince George's, Charles, and St. Mary's counties, we serve over 18,000 patients each year. We provide fully integrated care that includes primary care, pediatrics, women's health, Title X family planning, dental care, behavioral health, WIC, pharmacy services, and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program. Our patient population is primarily made up of Medicaid and uninsured individuals. We are deeply proud to deliver these vital services to everyone in our community, regardless of their ability to pay, making Greater Baden an incredibly rewarding place to grow your career while making a tangible, life-changing impact every day. Job Summary: Responsible for providing general assistance to professional and technical personnel rendering patient care. Experience working in Pediatrics and assisting provider and team members with vaccinations of children.
Requirements
- High School diploma, GED, or equivalent certification of competency.
- Certificate of completion from an accredited Medical Assisting Program
- Proficiency in Vaccinations for Children (VFC)
- Must be able to drive between Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. locations as required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in Pediatrics
- Assisting provider and team members with vaccinations of children.
Responsibilities
- Preloads, reviews charts and or EMR for scheduled patients before clinic starts. Ensures that needed lab or other results are in the EMR.
- Schedules patient appointments.
- Monitors appointment schedule to ensure low wait time, and that all patients are identified and not overlooked.
- Escorts patient back to the exam room; updates the problem list and or history; obtains and records vital signs and reason for visit; prepares the patient for the provider.
- Performs vision and hearing screens at the request of the provider. For routine visits, screenings should be done prior to the provider seeing the patient.
- Assists provider with examination and/or procedures as appropriate.
- Reviews EMR for lab orders, performs phlebotomy, and processes appropriate specimens for outside lab. Adheres to standards for appropriate collection of all specimens.
- Orders lab supplies and performs in house lab tests as ordered by the provider. Performs Quality Control testing and documents in EMR and/or on Lab Quality Control forms, as appropriate.
- Follows proper procedure to check and document expired vaccines, emergency equipment and records refrigerator temperatures for Vaccine and Labs; maintains medical supplies and vaccine inventory.
- Performs Immunizations, EKG’s, pulse oximetry, peak flows, PPDs and other tests ordered by the provider.
- Completes referrals, including preauthorization, as appropriate; assists case management by follow through of patient compliance with alerts.
- Returns and follow up calls to patients for the provider. Provides follow up services as requested by the provider and/or as indicated by the needs of the patient.
- Cleans and stocks examination rooms.
- Assists with completion of school forms, medical leave and disability forms for signature by the provider.
- Documents telephone contacts with patients in EMR.
- Participates in team/staff meetings; attends in-service meetings and applicable workshops.
- Performs any and all other duties necessary for patient care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
