Pediatric Certified Medical Assistant

Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic, P.A.•San Antonio, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision in an outpatient pediatric clinical setting, working directly with children from infancy through adolescence providing initial patient triage, assisting with examinations, treatments, registration and administrative support ensuring a positive, supportive environment for both young patients and their families procedures of a routine nature, as dictated by established clinical protocol.

Requirements

Ability to collect standard vital signs
Ability to communicate in a courteous manner, friendly tone and intelligible speech always
Possess basic customer service skills and phone etiquette
Possess basic typing/windows computers skills
Basic understanding of medical terminology
Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards
High School Diploma or equivalent
Medical Assistant Certification

Nice To Haves

1-2 years’ experience in pediatric setting preferred

Responsibilities

Collect health history and vital sign data and enter into electronic patient record accurately, thoroughly and in a timely manner.
Maintain accurate documentation data in electronic patient record.
Obtain pertinent labs, x-rays, other tests as needed by the provider to assist with patient care with promptness.
Ensure patients’ charts completeness inclusion of previous office visit- dictation and labs, Dexa results with assistance from medical records.
Assist with the “check in” process of I 131 patients by making sure the proper correspondence has been signed and noted in patient’s chart. Also ensures correspondence is noted in the “I-131 Logbooks” that includes the name of the patient and dose.
Scans exam room with scintillation probe to ensure it’s free of radiation.
Direct patient flow in accordance with provider schedules / pt appointments.
Monitor the patients’ wait time and communicate this to supervisor in a timely manner.
Maintain a well-organized work area.
Maintain assigned examination rooms, to include apportioning supplies and surface cleaning.
Assist with processing of laboratory reports, to include clarifying lab orders made by the provider and forwarding results to patients in a timely fashion.
Assist the medical provider with fax communications to other providers /facilities.
At the direction of the provider, assist in the provision of sample medication or prescriptions and the documentation of such.
Teach/Demonstrate proper use of selected glucometer devices to patients and their families at provider request.
Perform EKG testing in timely and accurate manner.
Assist provider with Thyroid Biopsies, to include setting up of supplies, shipment of specimens and append the proper correspondence.
Order supplies for Thyroid biopsies to include alcohol filled specimen containers, slides, plastic slide transport containers, Pathology requisition slips and biohazard bags.
Assist provider with entering patient’s data into Thyroid sonogram machine.
Collect Specimens for laboratory tests.
Give vaccinations and draw blood.
Complete job functions within time allotted (i.e. 8-hour shift).
Other duties as assigned.