Medical Assistant II- Internal Medicine
About The Position
The Medical Assistant II serves as a role model, providing support, training, and sharing knowledge with other Medical Assistants, MA student externs, and Practice Assistants. This role involves identifying and resolving OSHA compliance issues, auditing and maintaining point-of-care testing, and tracking test results. The MAII participates in practice improvement initiatives and may assist with small projects under the direction of management. Key responsibilities include greeting patients, serving as a communication resource, taking accurate patient information, and responding to inquiries. The role also involves escorting patients to exam rooms, ensuring necessary documentation is available, obtaining vital signs, performing EKGs, injections, and phlebotomy, and assisting providers. Additionally, the MAII performs departmental screenings, lab tests, specimen collection, and implements quality control standards. They also assist with procuring medical records, ensuring proper patient identification, adding new medications to the EMR system, and assembling records according to policy.
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Certificate 1 Medical Assistant Certificate required.
- 1-3 years related work experience required.
- Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.
Nice To Haves
- 1-3 years of experience as a Medical Assistant in a primary care setting.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a role model, providing support, training, and sharing knowledge with other Medical Assistants, MA student externs, and Practice Assistants.
- Identify and resolve OSHA compliance issues, audit and maintain point of care testing, and track test results.
- Participate in practice improvement initiatives and small projects.
- Greet patients and serve as a communication resource, taking accurate information and solving problems.
- Prioritize and communicate patient information to providers appropriately.
- Respond quickly and courteously to phone calls and requests.
- Greet patients and escort them to exam rooms.
- Ensure availability of x-rays, lab slips, medical records, and other pertinent information.
- Obtain vitals, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
- Perform EKGs, injections, and/or phlebotomy.
- Assist providers.
- Perform departmental screening, lab tests, and specimen collection.
- Implement quality control standards.
- Assist with procuring medical records.
- Ensure patient records and relevant documents have appropriate patient identification.
- Add new medications to patient record in EMR system.
- Assemble records according to BIDHC/APG policy and handle requests for patient information.
Benefits
- Vaccinated against influenza (flu)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
