Medical Assistant-Pipeline

Northwell•Greenlawn, NY

1d•$34,820 - $51,950•Onsite

About The Position

Performs patient care under the direct supervision of a physician or nurse. Prepares patients for physicians, administers and obtains diagnostic laboratory tests, records results, and helps coordinate care to meet patient needs. Prepares, organizes, and files reports in the medical record. This role supports a breast surgery specialty and requires travel among multiple offices: Greenlawn on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; Smithtown Tuesday morning and Bayshore Tuesday afternoon; and Bayshore Thursday morning and Smithtown Thursday afternoon.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
One of the following: completion of a Medical Assistant training program with certificate; 1–3 years of experience as a medical assistant, emergency medical technician, or certified nursing attendant with a valid certificate; or successful completion of the Northwell Health Medical Assistant training program.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the health care team to coordinate and implement patient care plans; may record the reason for a visit and related patient information for practitioner review.
Measure and document vital signs, height, and weight, and perform screening procedures such as head circumference, audiometry, and vision testing.
Collect or assist providers with collecting specimens, following appropriate protocols, and complete requisitions, label specimens, and route them according to standard procedures.
Perform and document daily controls and calibration of laboratory equipment when needed, and inform the supervisor when controls are inaccurate.
Perform electrocardiograms and phlebotomy as ordered by a provider, following infection-control standards.
Assist physicians and nurses with special procedures and examinations, following applicable infection-control, universal-protocol, and patient-identification procedures; prepare supplies and patients, provide instruments, assist during procedures, and help patients afterward.
Maintain clean and orderly examination rooms, stock rooms and cupboards, maintain supply par levels, and complete required logs and equipment checks, including refrigerator, eyewash, sample medication, AED, and suction checks.
May prepare charts before visits by ensuring required laboratory results and documentation are available in the medical record for practitioner review where paper records are used.
Perform clerical duties such as filing paper medical records, processing insurance forms, preparing financial records, photocopying, answering phones, and helping ensure efficient patient flow.
Perform related duties as required.