Medical Assistant

Palo Verde Hematology Oncology LTD • Glendale, AZ

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About The Position

Medical Assistants perform administrative and clinical tasks under the direction of a licensed healthcare provider. The essential functions include, but are not limited to, reviewing EHR and preparing patient records, maintaining patient flow, maintaining exam rooms, reconciling medication lists, scanning incoming records, obtaining vitals and other medical information, scheduling follow-up appointments and laboratory studies, assisting providers with examinations and procedures, returning patient phone calls, administering injections, obtaining Advanced Care Directives and Plan of Care for pain, performing venipuncture to process lab tests, performing EKGs, triaging patients, answering telephone calls, and placing reminder calls.

Requirements

• Medical Assistant Certification
• Ability to apply a common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved written and/or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving occasional, last-minute changes in generally standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Review EHR and prepare patients records for office visits
• Maintain patient flow
• Maintain exam rooms (cleanliness and supplies)
• Go over current medications with patient at each office visit and reconcile medication list EMR
• Scan in all incoming records into patients EMR system
• Obtain vitals and other medical information from patient for office visit and enter information into EMR
• Schedule patients for follow up in office laboratory studies
• Set up and assist providers with medical examinations/bone marrow biopsy procedure
• Return patient phone calls
• Injections upon request
• Obtain Advanced Care Directive from patient and enter information in EMR system
• Obtain Plan of Care for pain from patient and enter information in EMR system
• Obtain via venipuncture and process CBC'S, CMP, PT/INRS and glucose monitoring as ordered by physician and enter information in EMR system
• Perform and/or assist with EKG'S
• Triage patients in person and on the telephone
• Answer telephone calls and messages within the same day
• Place reminder calls to all patients being seen by providers the next day (make sure this gets done prior to 4pm each day)
• Other tasks as requested by management

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed