MEDICAL ASSISTANT - CARDIOTHORACIC & VASCULAR SURGERY CASUAL

Independence Health System Careers•Butler, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Assistant performs basic direct patient care activities, such as lab tests, treatments, and medication/immunization administration, under the direction of a Nurse and/or Physician. This role involves preparing patients for examinations, treatments, and procedures, and carrying out clerical duties to support the physician practice. The Medical Assistant also serves as a resource for clerical and clinical staff. Key functions include collecting patient healthcare data, completing patient care treatments and testing, ensuring documentation accuracy, preparing patients for procedures, communicating pertinent information, answering telephones, verifying patient demographic and insurance information, entering codes and charges into the billing system, completing patient care forms, ensuring patient safety, labeling specimens, adhering to infection control processes, assisting with survey readiness, performing quality control, and practicing National Patient Safety Goals. The role also involves scheduling surgeries, procedures, and testing, providing exit counseling, preparing charts, performing control studies, conducting phlebotomy, preparing exam rooms, and providing pre and post-examination education.

Requirements

High School Diploma, GED or next level of higher education.
Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications, including Outlook and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Previous outpatient office experience.
Medical Assistant Certification

Responsibilities

Deliver direct and indirect patient care in accordance with hospital/physician practices policies, procedures, and protocols.
Collect patient healthcare data, including VS, weight, chief complaint and pain assessment as directed.
Complete patient care treatments and testing as ordered.
Comply with completeness, accuracy and timeliness of documentation.
Prepare patients for examinations, treatments, and procedures.
Communicate pertinent information of actual or potential problems to the physician or nurse.
Perform clerical functions in support of patient care and office functions.
Answer telephone calls, taking accurate messages and relaying them to the appropriate staff.
Obtain and verify accurate patient demographic and insurance information entering it into the billing system.
Accurately enter codes, based on diagnosis given, and enters codes and charges into billing system.
Complete forms and letters necessary for continued patient care.
Provide for patient safety in compliance with hospital and physician practice policies.
Label all patient specimens with identifiers per policy.
Adhere to infection control process, including standard precautions, to reduce the risk of acquiring or transmitting infections.
Assist in continuous survey readiness or inspections and surveys.
Perform all quality control, monitoring functions and reports out of range information immediately to supervisor.
Consistently practice National Patient Safety Goals.
Schedule surgery, procedures, and testing for patients.
Provide exit counseling which includes education, scheduling of testing and providing patients with necessary information.
Prepare charts for clinic sessions and obtain vital signs and weight.
Perform control studies and completes log books according to policy.
Perform phlebotomy procedures, reads the test results, and documents accordingly.
Prepare the exam rooms and stocks supplies daily.
Provide pre and post-examination education and counseling.
Other duties as assigned.