Medical Assistant-High Risk Follow Up Clinic

Driscoll Children's Hospital•Edinburg, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Medical Assistant in a High Risk Follow Up Clinic. The role involves assisting healthcare providers and clerical staff in ambulatory patient care areas, providing age-appropriate care, and performing a variety of routine and specialized tasks. The Medical Assistant will be responsible for documenting vital signs and physical measurements, performing phlebotomy, ancillary testing, promoting safety and infection control, authorizing medication refills, and performing clerical duties such as scheduling appointments, managing patient records, and preparing charts. The job requires maintaining confidentiality, adhering to hospital policies, and demonstrating ethical business practices. Specific duties include preparing patients for examination, assisting with treatments, performing waived testing procedures, and maintaining quality control. The role also involves venipuncture, processing lab specimens, and reporting results. The Medical Assistant will promote safety and infection control, assist nursing personnel, administer prescribed medications and immunizations, and participate in health teaching and counseling as ordered by the medical provider. Effective communication, monitoring patient flow, and ensuring good guest relations are also key aspects of the role.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
Completion of medical assistant training course accredited by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs or CAAHEP.
Basic knowledge of computer
Current BLS or within six months of hire

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a certified medical assistant preferred
Attempt National Certification or Registry as Medical Assistant (CMA or RMA) within two years of hire.

Responsibilities

Performs and documents vital signs and physical measurements in an age-appropriate manner.
Performs phlebotomy procedures.
Performs ancillary testing.
Promotes safety and infection control.
Calls pharmacy to authorize medication refills as per physician’s orders.
Performs clerical duties to include answering telephones, greeting patients, appointment scheduling, insurance pre-authorizations, chart preparation and completion, retrieves diagnostic reports and dictations, arranges for hospital admissions, and procedures.
Reinforces physician discharge orders.
Schedules appointments, receives money for bills, keeps x-ray and other medical records, performs secretarial tasks, and completes insurance forms.
Keys data into computer to maintain office and patient records.
Prepares patient for examination.
Identifies abnormal vital signs and reports to the nurse or MD.
Measures height and weight accurately.
Documents or photocopies current immunization accurately.
Documents allergy status accurately.
Assists with the preparation of equipment and aids physician during treatment, examination, and testing.
Performs waived testing procedures such as glucose monitoring, urine dipstick, rapid strep, hemoccult and urine pregnancy test.
Labels appropriately, all waived testing controls with date opened, and expiration date.
Maintains QC monitoring as appropriate.
Performs general lab duties as assigned.
Performs venipuncture, finger stick, and heel stick phlebotomy procedures as per hospital policy.
Processes lab specimens, performs tests, and reports results as written in applicable policies and procedures.
Performs only those tests that are authorized by the licensed professional and require a degree of skill commensurate with the individual’s education, training or experience, and technical abilities.
Maintains records that demonstrate that proficiency-testing samples are tested in the same manner as patient samples.
Adheres to laboratory’s quality control policies, documents all control activities.
Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance or reporting of test results and either must correct problem immediately or notify nurse in charge.
Observes and enforces guidelines for infection control in administering care, demonstrating adherence to infection control guidelines.
Promotes safety of all patients and personnel.
Promotes and ensures safe and effective use of equipment in assigned areas as observed annually by supervisory observation.
Cleans toys per hospital policy.
Responds to emergency situations as evidenced by ongoing supervisory observation.
Collaborates with licensed nurse in ensuring that all nursing care required by patients is administered and documented.
Stocks supplies and exam rooms daily.
Administer prescribed medications and immunizations.
Maintains unit, department, and hospital communication as observed by supervisor.
Attends staff meetings or signs attendance records for reading of minutes and attends all mandatory in-services 100% of the time as evidenced by a review of minutes and Staff Development Records.
Notifies licensed staff or supervisor when unable to complete assigned or tasks or responsibilities.
Monitors patient flow in clinic and guest relations to promote customer service.