MEDICAL ASSISTAN

Salience Health•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Medical Assistant is responsible for a variety of tasks related to patient care and medical record keeping. This includes recording patient history and vital signs, preparing treatment rooms, drawing blood samples, administering medications as directed, and explaining procedures to patients. The role also involves completing annual wellness visits, ensuring compliance with regulations, performing laboratory tests, maintaining medical inventory, and documenting patient information accurately. The Medical Assistant will also interact with patients via a Telehealth platform and ensure all documentation is up-to-date.

Requirements

Ability to record patient medical history, vital statistics, and test results.
Skill in preparing and maintaining clean and neat treatment rooms.
Proficiency in obtaining and documenting vital signs, patient history, medications, and allergies.
Capability to escort patients to examination rooms and prepare them for physicians.
Competence in drawing blood samples and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis.
Ability to perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.
Skill in preparing and administering medications as directed by a physician.
Ability to explain treatment procedures, medications, and physician instructions to patients.
Experience connecting with patients via Telehealth platforms.
Proficiency in completing annual wellness visits and health risk assessments.
Knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to clinical equipment and testing.
Ability to report lab results to physicians and communicate results to patients.
Skill in maintaining logs, reports, and calibrating lab equipment.
Adherence to infection control, safety guidelines, and patient confidentiality policies.
Ability to manage and stock medical inventory.
Proficiency in reviewing and correcting check-out sheets for system upload.
Ability to document patient samples on a Sample Medication Log.

Responsibilities

Record patients’ medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in medical records.
Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
Obtains and accurately documents patient vital signs and weight, takes brief history, past medical, family, and social history, current medications, allergies, and other pertinent historical information as appropriate.
Show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.
Draw and collect blood samples from patients and prepare specimens for laboratory analysis as well as perform other route ancillary services.
Prepare and administer medication as directed by physician.
Explain treatment procedures, medication, or any other physician’s instructions to patient.
Connect with patient via DeepScribe via Telehealth platform.
Complete annual wellness visits and health risk assessment process according to policies and procedures.
Ensures compliance with all laws and regulations pertained to clinical equipment and testing.
Perform routine laboratory test and sample analyses.
Report lab results to physician and contacts patients regarding lab results based on physician’s direction.
Maintain logs and reports, lab equipment, controls, and calibrations.
Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines and patient confidentiality policies.
Ensures medical inventory are all stocked within exam room, nursing station and lab area.
Review prepopulated check-out sheets provided by front desk agent and ensure accuracy and makes any additional corrections prior to uploading into system.
Provide patient samples as indicted by provider and document onto Sample Medication Log.
Other duties assigned.