Medical Assistant - Internal Medicine
About The Position
Beloit Health System is hiring a Medical Assistant for its Internal Medicine team at Beloit Clinic. The Medical Assistant assists licensed healthcare professionals with patient care and department operations. Duties include preparing documentation and medical records, rooming patients, taking vital signs and updating patient histories, preparing patients for examinations and procedures, assisting Physicians or LIPs with examinations and procedures, administering ordered medications, and maintaining accurate electronic medical records. The position also includes handling calls and assisting with triage under licensed supervision, educating patients and families, scheduling appointments, completing pre-certifications and patient forms, refilling medications according to protocol, ordering and stocking supplies, cleaning exam rooms, and assisting during medical emergencies. The Medical Assistant follows infection-control and patient-safety practices, completes assigned duties promptly, participates in quality assurance activities, and performs duties according to unit-based competencies. This is a first-shift position scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 36 hours per week. It is benefits eligible.
Requirements
- Must be certified or registered as a Medical Assistant at the time of employment.
- Must obtain CPR certification within three months of hire.
- Strong critical-thinking abilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and counseling skills.
- Willingness to learn phlebotomy and point-of-care laboratory testing.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of clinical experience is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Prepare patient documentation and medical records before appointments.
- Escort patients to rooms, obtain vital signs, and update records with relevant history, chief complaint, medications, allergies, smoking status, pain status, immunization status, and meaningful-use data.
- Prepare patients for examinations and procedures.
- Ensure procedure consent is signed and dated and perform a time-out with the Physician/LIP when appropriate.
- Assist Physicians/LIPs with examinations and procedures.
- Administer medications ordered by Physicians/LIPs and document administration in the medical record.
- Maintain and update accurate electronic medical records.
- Receive and handle department telephone calls and assist with triage under the supervision of a licensed healthcare professional.
- Assist Physicians/LIPs with educating patients and families.
- Schedule patient appointments courteously and effectively.
- Protect patient safety when handling, transporting, and providing medications, and help protect patients from hazards, falls, and disease exposure.
- Review patients' basic physical, psychological, and social needs and those of their families.
- Follow infection-control policies.
- Navigate department-related computer software efficiently.
- Perform unit-specific duties according to established competencies.
- Participate in quality assurance activities.
- Ensure appropriate supplies are available and complete assigned duties on time.
- Assist with scheduling, pre-certifications, patient forms, medication refills per protocol, clinical duties, supply ordering, exam-room cleaning, and medical emergencies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
