Medical Assistant - PMA Primary Care - Golden Mile HWY - FT

Highmark Health • Monroeville, PA

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About The Position

Assists physicians and extenders in providing appropriate medical care to patients. In a physician practice setting, the Medical Assistant may also perform receptionist duties. The role includes interviewing and rooming patients, collecting and recording clinical information, supporting examinations and treatments, preparing and maintaining treatment rooms, arranging procedures, and performing certain specimen-handling and front-office tasks.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year in a direct patient care role, including taking vital signs; experience must align with expected clinical functions such as injections, phlebotomy, and EKGs.
• CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Room and interview patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs, weight, and height; record information in the medical record.
• Assist physicians with examining and treating patients by handing them instruments and materials or performing tasks such as giving injections.
• Prepare treatment rooms for examinations by stocking and cleaning rooms, reordering supplies, and disposing of biohazard supplies.
• Schedule procedures and obtain authorizations as necessary.
• Collect blood, tissue, or other laboratory specimens as needed, log specimens, and prepare them for testing; give injections.
• Use the EHR system to perform front-office duties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED