Medical Assistant (3630)

US Heart & Vascular•Johns Creek, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

US Heart and Vascular is seeking a PRN Medical Assistant to join the team at NSC Cardiology in Johns Creek, Georgia. The role supports patients and physicians, including assisting with stress testing, preparing patients for examinations, handling test results and prescriptions, and coordinating follow-up tests and surgical arrangements. The position also includes maintaining supplies and crash-cart equipment and completing other duties as mutually defined by Dr. Singh.

Requirements

At least 1 year of experience in a medical office.
Experience with electronic medical records (EMR).
Knowledge of medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) certification is preferred but not required.
A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required.
Previous cardiology experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Explain testing accurately and in detail to patients to support their understanding and consent.
Use critical thinking to evaluate order accuracy and initiate order-change requests with the ordering or supervising physician as needed.
Monitor patients for physiological symptoms during testing and report concerns to the supervising physician as needed.
Accurately enter stress-testing data into the eClinicalWorks EHR, maintaining at least 95% overall accuracy.
Maintain supply inventory and crash-cart equipment in treadmill rooms; check the crash cart and defibrillator.
Closely monitor the week's schedule.
Provide information, services, and assistance to patients.
Verify patient information by interviewing patients, recording medical history, and confirming the purpose of visits.
Prepare patients for examinations by performing preliminary physical tests, taking blood pressure, drawing labs, recording weight and temperature, and reporting patient-history summaries.
Assist the physician with office procedures.
Counsel patients by relaying physician orders and answering questions about surgery.
Schedule surgeries by coordinating with the surgical center, verifying times with patients, and preparing charts, pre-admission forms, and consent forms.
Maintain supplies by inventorying stock and informing Crystal of items that need to be ordered.
Call patients with lab and test results.
Send prescriptions as ordered.
Check out patients and schedule tests and physician orders as directed.
Perform other duties as mutually defined by Dr. Singh.