Medical Assistant

Prime Occupational Medicine•Chalmette, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

PRIME Occupational Medicine's Mission: PRIME's mission is to provide employers worldwide with the best tools to optimize the efficiency necessary to maximize improvement in each worker's health and safety. Objectives of this role: Manage and care for clients; recognize and attend to their needs. Recognize ethical and legal responsibilities. Perform a variety of clinical procedures and a variety of administrative duties.

Requirements

Professionalism
Confidentiality
Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
Excellence communication skills
Maintaining client and staff confidentiality
Must be able to pass a DISA Drug Screen and Background check
Must have reliable transportation
Reliability
Patients and compassion
Punctuality
Stress Management
Teamwork
Working independently
Working quickly and accurately
Must be a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) or equivalent
High school diploma or equivalent
2+ years of working experience as a Medical Assistant required

Responsibilities

Provide information, services, and assistance to clients and patients at PRIME on-site events and various PRIME Clinics.
Maintains medical supplies inventory and performs preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating, including sterilization of medical instruments..
Verifies patient information, medical histories by interviewing patients, documenting medical history, and confirming purpose of visit.
Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; drug & alcohol screening, audiograms, EKG's, pulmonary function test, respirator fit test; and reporting patient history summary.
Saves doctors' time by helping with office procedures.
Assist in injury care
Perform phlebotomy service and give injections.
Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; and keeping patient information confidential.
Updating and filing medical records according to State and Federal laws.
Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt.
Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards; facility policies and procedures; and federal, state, and local requirements.
Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Take and record messages
Must have the ability to take on-call on a rotating basis and provide services to surrounding PRIME locations and on-site.
May be required to work overtime, weekends, and holidays
Must have dependable transportation
Other duties as assigned