What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Boston Childrens Health Physicians LLP?
Seeking a Full Time Medical Assistant in Middletown, NY. Pay rate $20/hr-$22/hr, negotiable based on experience. Schedule Monday-Friday.
Duties and Responsibilities
Organizational Duties and Responsibilities
- Performs duties to support the goals and objectives of Boston Children's Health Physicians in its efforts to provide quality service and patient satisfaction
- Demonstrate continuing education by completing all required annual trainings, as stated in the Training Curriculum, including but not limited to care coordination, population health management and self-management support techniques.
- Complete annual corporate compliance training
- Understand and effectively communicate HIPAA compliance, corporate compliance and client confidentiality
- Ensure and/or remain in compliance with local, state and federal regulation
Essential Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform and accurately record patients' vitals such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight, vision, hearing.
- Completion of school forms
- Ask patient or parent chief complaint, complete chart documentation
- Perform standard testing ( strep testing , covid testing, phlebotomy, flu testing , urine test , lead and hemoglobulin test )
- Doing Inventory of clinical and lab supplies
- Maintain exam room clean and full stocked
- Create a patient-centered environment
- Prepare rooms for the day
- Escort patients to room; prepare patients for examinations
- Record height/weight (head circ if age appropriate) and blood pressure for well visit; chart
- Ask parent or patient about chief complaint and document
- Perform vision and hearing screening as necessary and document in chart according to standing protocols
- Gather proper immunizations at well visits, document in chart, and gain consent from parents
- Perform strep tests and flu test swabs, record results in the chart, and charge for the procedures
- Perform fingerstick lead, hemoglobin, and cholesterol tests according to standing protocols, document results in chart, and bill for procedure
- Perform venipuncture when requested by providers
- Assist doctors as needed with sick visits, as well as well-child visits
- Clean and restock rooms and equipment
- Relay messages as may be required by physicians
- Prepare for urine culture and analysis
- Prepare for strep tests and all other laboratory tests
- Assist doctor and nurses with procedures
- Prepare instruments for sterilization
- Record overnight culture results in chart
- Check and chart temps in fridge and incubator
- Record culture results in chart
- Track lab results
- Act as medical assistant for visiting subspecialists and perform diagnostic tests for them as required
- Operate according to standard orders and standing protocols
- Enter all charges into superbill
- Provide care in a patient-centered manner
- Attend medical home meetings
- Participate in pre-visit planning
- Demonstrate excellence in both internal and external customer service
- Other duties as assigned
BCHP will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law
Salary : $20 - $22
