Certified Medical Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Graduate of an approved school or institution for Medical Assistants with current certification required.
• Current BLS Required
• Strong pharmacological knowledge
• Meets or exceeds level I & II

Responsibilities

• Perform registration functions including check in, check out, and collect copays.
• Assist provider in obtaining microbiological tests such as streptococcal testing, urine culture, wound culture, vaginal cultures, gram staining, sensitivity testing, and sputum culture.
• Perform tuberculosis screen (Tine, Mantoux).
• Screen and follow up patient test results, alerting the provider of abnormal results.
• Upon provider order, discuss test results with patient and document conversation.
• Instruct patient on diet modification and drug dosage modification.
• Schedule patient for hospitalization, surgery, return office visits, outside provider visits, physical therapy, and other treatments.
• Prepare and administer medications as directed by provider, including calculating drug dosage and reconstituting powdered medication or mixing medications from separate vials.
• Evaluate and recommend equipment and supplies, and evaluate and compare medical supplies.
• Instruct patient with special needs, and instruct and demonstrate routine procedures for monitoring body functions.
• Instruct and demonstrate safety procedures for home medical equipment.
• Demonstrate care and use of special equipment to patient, such as crutches, walker, cane, wheelchair, hearing aids, braces, splints, casts, slings, and prosthetic appliances.
• Provide written and verbal instructions on chronic disease conditions as instructed by provider.
• Teach patient methods of health promotion and disease prevention.
• Provide verbal and written information about routine physical examinations and laboratory testing.
• Provide verbal and written information as applicable to specialty and provider regarding nutrition and diet therapy, exercise and weight control, hygiene, sexually transmitted/communicable diseases and preventative measures, family planning, smoking cessation, and alcohol/drug prevention and treatment.
• Instruct and assist patients with performance of self-breast examinations.
• Refer patients to outside resources as instructed by provider.
• Orient and train personnel, including introducing office staff, orienting to facility, assisting in completion of personnel documents, assigning work schedules, and making daily work assignments.
• Demonstrate use of policy and procedure manuals for office and office equipment.
• Provide information on CDC universal precautions, OSHA, CLIA, and American Disabilities Act regulations.
• Provide information on emergency preparedness plan, TJC, ACHA, DCF as applicable.