What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Cahaba Medical Care Foundation?
Medical Assistant
Reports to Office Manager
Background: Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is a community health center organization providing medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health services to diverse underserved communities in Jefferson, Bibb, Perry, and Chilton counties. We are a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home and Joint Commission accredited organization, committed to increasing integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary care. This is an exciting, fast paced practice with a strong mission and commitment to providing high quality care.
Purpose: To assist the providers as well as the other nursing staff and medical assistants in providing efficient and high quality patient care.
Principle Responsibilities:
- Triage patients and take vital signs
- Document all patient care in electronic medical record (EMR)
- Complete patient paperwork including prior authorizations, home health paperwork, medical supply paperwork, etc.
- Assist provider with:
- Performing exams, invasive procedures and minor surgeries
- Ordering standard laboratory tests for chronic disease visits
- Completing quality management in EMR
- Reconciling medications and allergies for each patient at each clinical encounter
- E-prescribing medications once the appropriate changes to the medicines have been made by the provider.
- Schedule consultation appointments or imaging appointments for patients
- Prepare patients for examination or procedures
- Set up for procedures
- Respond to patient messages, schedule appointments and procedures
- Clean and stock rooms, and update inventory records
- Administer medications and vaccines upon satisfactory assessment of competency
- Perform patient tests and screenings, including x-rays, upon satisfactory assessment of competency
- Perform waived laboratory testing as ordered by physician upon satisfactory assessment of competency
- Remove sutures or staples from superficial wounds, as well as casts, splints, and other external devices.
- Work through assigned tasks in EMR
- Communicate with other physician offices, patients, and other ancillary health care offices like pharmacies at the direction of the providers
Additional Responsibilities for LPNs with active license:
- Start IVs, upon satisfactory assessment of competency
Qualifications:
- Satisfactory completion of CMCF Medical Assistant Training Program
- Certified Medical Assistant preferred but not required
- Experience in a medical office desired
- Excellent customer service and phone communication skills
- Basic experience with computers
- Ability to manage time, multitask, and handle high-stress environments
