Medical Assistant - Cardiology East Stroudsburg

St. Luke's University Health Network•East Stroudsburg, PA

About The Position

The Medical Assistant, Practice Operations assists in delivering healthcare support for the practice as a professional member of the interdisciplinary team, consistently demonstrating and promoting the organization’s values. The role includes preparing for patient visits, supporting providers and the Care Team, providing patient-care services, maintaining clinical supplies and rooms, and assisting with administrative tasks and quality improvement activities.

Requirements

High school degree or equivalent.
One year of clinical experience or graduation from a Medical Assistant program.
Current BLS/CPR certification, or obtain it within 60 days of hire, through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in a similar healthcare setting.
Customer service experience.

Responsibilities

Review and update patient medical records before appointments, including recent test results and correspondence; determine needed services in consultation with the provider.
Complete pre-charting of value-based items up to five days before appointments and send messages to the Care Team when warranted.
Prepare patients for examinations and escort them to exam rooms; record height, weight, vital signs, medications, allergies, personal, family and social history, smoking status, reason for visit, and demographic information.
Provide other patient-care services as needed or directed, including keeping exam rooms clean, maintaining clinical supplies, cleaning and autoclaving contaminated instruments, and administering injections or immunizations within State guidelines.
Communicate and coordinate with providers or the Care Team regarding hospital discharges, Emergency Department visits, consulting physicians, community resources, disease management, patient self-management, patient and family education on chronic conditions, laboratory or other testing, and specialist visits.
Participate in department activities and meetings, help resolve problems as they arise, and analyze current procedures.
Dispose of biohazardous and regular waste according to practice protocol.
Maintain vaccine temperature logs and medical-supply inventory; order supplies such as vaccines and medications, dispose of expired sample medication, and stock rooms to established par levels.
Perform administrative tasks as needed, such as check-in and check-out functions and opening and closing office procedures.
Bring improvement suggestions to Practice Managers and Providers for consideration.
Participate in maintaining or improving quality-improvement initiatives.
Perform other related duties as assigned.