Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant)

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants•Peoria, IL

1d•$50,000 - $55,000

About The Position

Metro Infusion Center, affiliated with Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, is seeking a full-time Patient Care Assistant (Medical Assistant) to work at its clinics in Bloomington and Peoria, Illinois. The assistant must travel between both clinics throughout the week. The role covers back-office duties and occasional front-desk duties. Assigned responsibilities may change at any time at management’s or the supervisor’s discretion.

Requirements

At least one year of clinical practice experience.
Comfort with back-office responsibilities.
High school education or equivalent.
Proof of current vaccinations, including recommended boosters commonly required for work with immunocompromised patients: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A and B, influenza, and COVID-19.

Nice To Haves

Clinical practice experience in an office setting.

Responsibilities

Escort patients from reception to exam rooms, record height, weight, blood pressure, and temperature as indicated, document the chief complaint, and notify the doctor when the patient is ready.
Stock exam rooms each morning and clean them between patients.
Maintain medical-supply inventory and complete requisitions in a timely manner to prevent supplies from running out.
Complete other tasks as assigned by management.
File scanned paperwork daily.
Fax clinic schedules to physicians for the next clinic day.
Prepare the travel chart weekly.
Open and distribute mail daily.
Print the schedule for the following clinic day and verify that progress notes and superbills are attached.
Order office supplies.
Answer telephone calls, including calls for closed offices at other locations.
Page physicians about consultations, including the consult, hospital, patient name, room number, referring physician, and hospital phone number with the appropriate extension.
Schedule appointments for new and existing patients according to set guidelines and provide directions to new patients.
Handle and process billing information daily.
Handle and process dictation, letters, and physician orders daily.
Register patients, enter or update patient demographics, and copy vital information.
Collect patient co-payments and past-due balances at check-in or check-out.
Coordinate and process referral information for managed-care patients.
Process medical-record requests.
Obtain requested laboratory specimens, complete lab requisitions, prepare samples for lab pickup, and document the work in the medical record.
Ensure superbills are completed at the end of each visit, including visit code, diagnoses, and all labs ordered.