Medical Assistant Full Time Hendricks Pulmonary and Critical Care 8a-4:30p

Hendricks Regional Health • Danville, IN

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About The Position

The Medical Assistant supports patient care and care management in a clinical setting, sharing front- and back-office responsibilities. Daily duties depend on the practice’s needs. The role helps deliver healthcare throughout patient visits, assists physicians with testing and treatment, and maintains patient care areas, equipment, and supplies.

Requirements

• Graduation from a Medical Assistant Program or accredited Nursing Program, or certification or registration as a Medical Assistant.
• Individuals hired before 2018 are grandfathered from the education and/or certification requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care directly and through delegation, recognize normal and abnormal parameters that may indicate risk, follow applicable care standards and guidelines, triage telephone calls, and provide patients with reassurance, teaching, and direction.
• Support efficient patient visits by completing and updating medical records; initiating patient contact; preparing patients for examinations; collecting vital signs, weight, age, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory information, history, and chief complaint; observing and reporting abnormal signs or symptoms to the physician; and documenting findings.
• Ensure patients understand physician instructions upon discharge, document medical record entries, and enter charge information into the electronic medical record for billing.
• Assist physicians with testing and treatment procedures under supervision, including applying splints and dressings, carrying out physician orders, managing sample medications and logs, arranging and administering testing or admissions, obtaining referrals, retrieving test results, and notifying patients.
• Assist physicians in preparing for minor surgeries and physicals; obtain appropriate consent before invasive procedures or immunizations; distribute patient education materials; and support patient instruction about treatment and medication use.
• Perform prescribed laboratory tests and treatments and help maintain laboratory logs.
• Maintain and organize patient education materials and clinical supplies; stock exam rooms; keep exam rooms clean and organized according to cleaning protocols; and ensure instruments are sterile and equipment is working.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed