Medical Assistant Jobs in Riverside, OH

About The Position

Requirements

• High school degree or equivalent.
• One year of clinical experience or graduation from a Medical Assistant program.
• Current BLS/CPR certification, or obtain it within 60 days of hire, through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
• Complete an applicable 30/60/90-day onboarding checklist to confirm mastery of skills relevant to the service line.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience in a similar healthcare setting.
• Customer service experience.

Responsibilities

• Review and update patient medical records before appointments with recent test results and correspondence, and confer with providers to determine needed services.
• Complete pre-charting of value-based items up to five days before appointments and message the Care Team when warranted.
• Prepare patients for examinations and escort them to exam rooms; obtain height, weight, vital signs, reason for visit, and smoking status; update medications, allergies, and personal, family, and social history; and assist with demographic information.
• Provide other directed patient care services, including keeping exam rooms clean, maintaining clinical supplies, cleaning and autoclaving contaminated instruments, and administering injections or immunizations within State guidelines.
• Communicate and coordinate with providers or the Care Team about hospital discharges, Emergency Department visits, consulting physicians, community resources, disease management, patient self-management, patient or family education on chronic conditions, laboratory or other testing, and specialist visits.
• Participate in department activities and meetings, help resolve identified problems, and analyze current procedures.
• Dispose of biohazardous and regular waste according to practice protocol.
• Maintain vaccine temperature logs and medical supply inventory; order supplies such as vaccines and medications; dispose of expired sample medication; and stock rooms to established par levels.
• Perform administrative tasks as needed, such as check-in and check-out functions and opening and closing office procedures.
• Bring improvement suggestions to Practice Managers and Providers for consideration.
• Participate in maintaining or improving quality improvement initiatives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.