Medical Assistant - Cancer Center - Full Time

Kingman Healthcare•Kingman, AZ

17h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for patient care under the direct supervision of a Physician, Physician Assistant, or Nurse Practitioner. The Medical Assistant will maintain all applicable KHI Policies and Procedures, escort patients to exam rooms, prepare patients for exams by taking vital signs, recording history, and noting the reason for seeking care. Responsibilities also include cross-training in data entry, balancing accounts, collecting fees and payments, scheduling/confirming appointments, and facilitating communication between patients, families, and clinical staff. The role involves reporting to Public Health as directed by a provider, maintaining the work area including exam rooms, supplies, medications, and immunizations. Additionally, the Medical Assistant will perform CLIA waived lab tests, obtain specimens, perform proficiency testing, run controls for waived tests, and may perform venipuncture. Other duties include charging for technical functions, assisting physicians and nurses with clinical requests, organizing chemotherapeutic agents for administration, looking up authorizations, and developing knowledge of chemotherapy, its side effects, and implications for the patient population.

Requirements

High School or Equivalent - will be required to provide proof (Diploma or Official Transcripts) upon hire
Must also meet one of the following criteria: Graduate of a medical assistant program accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (documentation on file) or; Hold a current medical assistant certification from a nationally recognized certifying body accredited by National Commission for Certifying Agencies or American National Standards Institute (e.g., AAMA, AMT, NCCT, NHA) or; Completion of a medical services training program through the U.S. Armed Forces (documentation on file).
BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Able to communicate effectively with others; manage multiple priorities and tasks, to maintain attention to detail.
Able to recognize and respond appropriately to urgent/emergent situations per protocol.
Knowledge of/ able to implement direct care, newborn through geriatric.
Knowledge of/ able to use basic medical terminology

Nice To Haves

One to two years’ experience as a medical assistant in a clinical outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

Escort patients to exam room and prepare patient for exam including vital signs, history, and reason for seeking care.
Cross train in data entry, balancing of accounts, charges fees and collect payments due.
Schedules/confirms appointments.
Maintains and facilitates communication between patients, family and clinical staff.
Reports as necessary to Public Health at direction of provider.
Maintains work area including exam rooms, supplies, medication and immunizations.
Performs CLIA waived lab tests and obtains specimens; performs proficiency testing and runs controls for waived tests; may perform venipuncture.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Responsible for charging for technical functions, assisting the physician and nurses for all clinical requests, and maintaining all applicable KRMC policies and procedures.
Included are also injections, organizing chemotherapeutic agents for the Oncology Nurses to administer, looking up authorizations, and developing moderate knowledge of chemotherapy, its side effects, and implications upon a patient population.