Medical Assistant - PCI - Brooks Lane - Full Time (Open)

Highmark Health•Jefferson Hills, PA

About The Position

Assists physicians and extenders in providing appropriate medical care to patients. In a physician practice setting, the role may also include receptionist duties. The position includes interviewing and rooming patients, supporting examinations and treatments, maintaining treatment rooms and supplies, coordinating procedures and authorizations, handling laboratory specimens, administering injections, and using an electronic health record system for front-office duties. Employees are expected to follow applicable ethical and legal standards, company policies, confidentiality requirements, HIPAA privacy and security practices, and the company’s Code of Business Conduct. The job description outlines the general nature and essential responsibilities of the role and may not include every duty or qualification.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • At least 1 year in a direct patient care role, including taking vital signs; experience must align with expected clinical functions such as injections, phlebotomy, or EKGs.
  • American Heart Association CPR certification.
  • Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
  • Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
  • Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
  • Comply with HIPAA, data security guidelines, company policies, applicable laws and regulations, training requirements, and the Code of Business Conduct.

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 keeping rooms stocked and clean, 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.
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