Medical Assistant - Sched Non Benefit - Ironwood P
Company: Carson Valley Medical Center
Location: Gardnerville
Posted on: August 6, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionMedical Assistant - Sched Non Benefit - Ironwood
Primary CarePOSITION SUMMARY: Provide comfortable, safe and
professional care for the clinic patient, infant through geriatric.
Maintain an efficient flow of patients for the clinician. Working
knowledge of all equipment and all required QA checks. Stocks
supplies and orders appropriately. Schedules patients for testing
procedures and ensures all test results and reports are scanned in
the patient chart prior to the appointment. POSITION
REQUIREMENTS:
- Must hold current certification as a Medical Assistant by
American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), American Medical
Technologist (AMT), Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA),
National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA), or any certifications
agency recognized by the medical board of the issuing state.
- Current BLS Certification
- Reading, writing, excellent spelling, organizing, and filing
skills.
- Patient centered care.
- Customer service skills.
- Computer and word processing skills
- Professional phone etiquette, Bi-Lingual preferred.
- Previous experience in a clinic setting preferred. POSITION
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Patient Care
- Assists the physicians and providers by collecting patient
vital signs and other pertinent data.
- Escorts the patients to exam rooms, takes weight and vital
signs and assists in determining medical problem.
- Obtains brief medical history to include age, date of birth,
chief complaint, current medications with dosage and
allergies.
- Assists physicians/providers with minor diagnostic procedures
and treatments.
- Sterilization and set up of instruments.
- Prepares examination rooms and instruments.
- Stocks supplies
- Effectively provides explanations and educates patient's
families regarding treatments and interventions.
- Schedules patients for testing procedures. Obtains test results
and ensures that lab reports, x-rays and other Information is in
the medical record prior to the appointment and scanned in the
medical record according to office guidelines.
- Authorizes and faxes to pharmacy requests for refills per
provider instruction.
- Ensures routine medical office duties are completed as
assigned, to include, emptying waste baskets, cleaning and
disinfecting exam room counters and exam tables, ordering medical
supplies, equipment controls - daily, weekly, and monthly.
- Ensures that all aspects of patient care and observations are
documented, accurately and timely.
- Communication
- Answers telephones, routes callers, takes messages and provides
routine information to callers.
- Returns Phone calls in a timely manner
- Relays messages to appropriate staff members through In Basket
of EMR
- Efficient with working in EMR and the in Basket within EMR
CARSON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER IS PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A
FINALIST IN THE "BEST PLACES TO WORK" - NORTHERN NEVADA, 2021 &
2022!WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO OUR TEAM!!
Keywords: Carson Valley Medical Center, Reno , Medical Assistant - Sched Non Benefit - Ironwood P, Healthcare , Gardnerville, Nevada
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