Medical Assistant

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center•New York, NY

83d•$29 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

The Medical Assistant will perform a combination of duties under the direction of a provider, including screening patients for medical histories, recording vital signs and EKGs, and documenting X-rays and sonograms in patient charts. The role involves preparing patients for examinations, assisting providers as needed, scheduling follow-up appointments, collecting and preparing laboratory specimens, and performing phlebotomy. Responsibilities also include ensuring proper disposal of contaminated supplies, preparing instruments for sterilization, stocking examination rooms, ordering supplies, and maintaining communication with health agencies for immunization and communicable disease reporting to ensure patient information is updated. The position requires moving equipment, assisting in patient examinations and treatments, operating equipment, preparing patient medical records (charts) or EMRs with intake sheets, gathering patient information and complaints, performing various tests, logging laboratory and radiology results, and completing various forms for medical, physical, and disability purposes. The Medical Assistant will also track inventory for supplies and vaccines, interview patients, ensure charts are prepared with relevant information for providers, assist in maintaining patient flow, escorting patients and specimens, setting up examination rooms, distributing educational materials, assisting with prescription refills, and recalling or rescheduling patients. Additional duties include tracking refrigerator/freezer temperatures and completing appropriate forms, and performing other required duties.

Requirements

Minimum formal education of High School Diploma or equivalent
Minimum of 1 year job-related experience
Excellent customer service skills
Basic computer skills
Ability to read, write and speak English

Nice To Haves

Certification and Training from a Vocational/Technical or Career Program
Medical Assistant Certification
Bilingual English/Spanish

Responsibilities

Screen patients for medical histories
Record vital signs and EKGs
Document X-rays and sonograms in patient medical record charts
Prepare patients for examination
Assist the provider during examinations
Schedule patients for follow-up appointments
Collect and prepare laboratory specimens
Perform phlebotomy
Ensure appropriate disposal of contaminated supplies
Prepare instruments for sterilization
Stock examination rooms
Order supplies as necessary
Maintain communication with health agencies for immunization and communicable disease reporting
Move equipment when or where necessary
Operate equipment and perform EKG
Prepare patient medical record (chart) and/or EMR with appropriate intake sheets
Gather information, complaints, take vital signs, perform various tests as ordered
Log in patient medical record and/or EMR Laboratory and Radiology results
Complete various forms for Medical, Physical, Disability, and Schools
Track inventory for supplies, vaccines, etc.
Interview patients
Ensure chart is available, with relevant lab work and test reports if indicated, for the provider when the provider sees the patient
Assist with maintaining the patient flow to and from exam rooms and treatment areas
Assist in escorting patients and specimens throughout the facility
Set up examination rooms for various primary and specialty care physicians
Distribute appropriate educational material to patient as directed
Assist in the authorization of prescription refills as directed by the physician
Recall or Reschedule patients as instructed
Track temperature in refrigerator/freezer; complete appropriate forms
Perform other duties as required