Clinical Medical Assistant - Adult

Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc.•La Plata, MD

6h•$21 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Medical Assistant - Adult provides general assistance to professional and technical personnel rendering patient care at Greater Baden Medical Services, a Federally Qualified Health Center serving Southern Maryland. The position supports adult outpatient care by preparing for appointments, assisting providers with examinations and procedures, carrying out tests and specimen collection, coordinating follow-up, and maintaining clinical rooms, supplies, and records. The role requires compliance with GBMS standards and the ability to travel between its locations as required.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent certification of competency.
Certificate of completion from an accredited Medical Assisting Program.
Ability to read and interpret written or verbal documents and instructions.
Ability to speak effectively with patients, employees, and organizational stakeholders.
Must be able to drive between Greater Baden Medical Services locations as required.
Ability to cope with stress and adjust priorities quickly amid interruptions or distractions.
Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information, perceive sound, convey spoken instructions, judge distances and spatial relationships, analyze and synthesize information, and recognize social or professional behavioral cues.
Ability to occasionally move about inside the clinic and lift or catch a patient weighing more than 50 pounds in an emergency.
Must comply with Greater Baden Medical Services' Standards of Conduct, Compliance Program, and policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Preload and review charts or EMRs for scheduled patients before clinic starts, ensuring needed laboratory and other results are present.
Schedule patient appointments.
Monitor the appointment schedule to help ensure short wait times and that all patients are identified and seen.
Escort patients to exam rooms, update problem lists or histories, record vital signs and reasons for visits, and prepare patients for providers.
Perform vision and hearing screenings at the provider's request and, for routine visits, before the provider sees the patient.
Assist providers with examinations and procedures as appropriate.
Review EMR laboratory orders, perform phlebotomy, and process specimens for outside laboratories according to collection standards.
Order laboratory supplies and perform provider-ordered in-house tests; complete and document quality-control testing in the EMR or on laboratory quality-control forms.
Check and document expired vaccines and emergency equipment, record vaccine and laboratory refrigerator temperatures, and maintain medical-supply and vaccine inventories.
Perform immunizations, EKGs, pulse oximetry, peak flows, PPDs, and other provider-ordered tests.
Complete referrals, including preauthorization when appropriate, and assist case management by following up on patient compliance with alerts.
Return and make patient follow-up calls for providers and provide follow-up services as requested or indicated by patient needs.
Clean and stock examination rooms.
Assist with school, medical leave, and disability forms for provider signature.
Document telephone contacts with patients in the EMR.
Participate in team and staff meetings, in-service meetings, and applicable workshops.
Perform other duties necessary for patient care.