Medical Assistant Back Office - OSNC STC - Full-Time - Day Shift

Sharp HealthCare•Carlsbad, CA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Back Office Medical Assistant performs a variety of clinical and clerical responsibilities to assist care providers in examination and treatment of patients. Enters pertinent information into patient charts, and performs related clerical tasks. Responsible for assisting the physician with all aspects of patient care including: rooming patients, taking vitals, and documenting patient histories.

Requirements

AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
Graduate of Medical Assisting program or graduate of Certified Nurse Assistant program or Military Medical Specialist training, required.
Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in interpersonal relations, customer service, detail-oriented, problem solving, teamwork, creativity/innovation and meet variable workloads, required.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, required.
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and multi-task, required.
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment; receiving instructions, required.

Nice To Haves

Relevant clinical Medical Assistant experience, preferred.
May consider applicable C.N.A. experience in lieu of Medical Assistant experience.
May consider completion of two years on-the-job training in Medical Assisting or Certified Nurse Assisting and High School diploma or GED required.

Responsibilities

Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
Obtains, identifies and records vital signs, prevention data, medications, chief complaints and other pertinent information.
Observes, records and reports pertinent patient symptoms, reactions, condition changes, and information.
Immediately identifies and reports to RN or practitioner all adverse observations, reactions, conditions or emergency situations.
Transcribes patient specific data into electronic system using practitioner generated ICD-10 and CPT codes for purposes of billing, coding, and clinical data reporting and analysis.
Prepares room and instruments for use during exam or procedure.
Assists MD, PA or NP with wide variety of patient care procedures and tests.
Collects, labels and processes specimens as required by practitioner and in accordance with policies and procedures.
Follows departmental and organizational directives to isolate and process contaminated instruments and supplies.
Cleans rooms, furniture, instruments and equipment according to established policies and procedures.
Identifies, draws up and labels medications on sterile and unsterile field for immediate verification and administration by the practitioner.
Verbalizes preparation and shows practitioner medication container.
Calls patient prescription to pharmacy, as ordered by authorized practitioner.
Assists in resolving and/or responding to non-clinical related patient complaints and inquiries.
Manage a caseload of 20+ patients per day with physician(s) assigned to.
Performs other duties as necessary.