What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant - Cancer Center Exams - 8 Hour Days position at Cedars-Sinai?
Job Description
Are you seeking an opportunity to demonstrate your positive interpersonal skills and high degree of respect for patients, physicians, and coworkers? Would you like to put your outstanding people skills to work in an environment dedicated to helping others? Then please apply for this exciting full-time opportunity. We would love to hear from you!
Summary of Essential Duties:
As a member of the patient care team, you will be responsible for positive patient relations, proper telephone communication, and verification of patient information by interviewing patients and confirming the purpose of the visit. The Medical Assistant is also responsible to prepare the patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests, taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature, and reporting patient history summary.
You will also be trained to handle appointment scheduling, and to perform routine duties associated with the collection and maintenance of current patient demographics and insurance information.
The Medical Assistant is able to demonstrate a level of expertise in performing these responsibilities based on the standard work with the ability, skill and knowledge to work in more than one specialty area.
The Medical Assistant should have good communication, interpersonal, customer service, organizational, and partnership skills. It is vital that the Medical Assistant II demonstrate a level of professionalism that enables them to work with and support their co-workers.
Primary Duties:
Greet patients
Manage patient care flow and assist with monitoring CS-Link message pools and standard work
Prepare patients for provider by reviewing current medications and record in medical record
Take appropriate vital signs
Sets up exam room/procedure rooms appropriately based on patient visit needs
Sweep clinical areas to monitor inventory based on standard work
Assist provider during examination/procedure based on scope of practice, as advised by provider
Perform designated diagnostic tests based on scope of practice, as directed by the provider
Draw, prepare designated lab work and/or specimens as directed by provider
Adhere to all infection prevention standards – cleaning, sterilization, autoclaving procedures
Clean/re-process equipment and supplies
Administer immunization, injections, or oral medications
Address patient, physician, and staff concerns and call out accordingly
Provide assistance in QA measures for suites, including recording QC testing on designated equipment
Provide assistance and direct patient inquiries or complaints to appropriate medical staff members and follow up to ensure satisfactory resolution
Explain policies, procedures, or services to patients using clinical or administrative knowledge based on the scope of practice
Participate in daily huddles and staff meetings
Assist with tracking and monitoring department-specific data
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Education:
- Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant program required
Experience:
- Experience working as a Medical Assistant in an outpatient clinical/medical office setting. Minimum 1 years, Preferred 3 years.
- License/Certification:
- BLS
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.
Req ID : 7496
Working Title : Medical Assistant - Cancer Center Exams - 8 Hour Days
Department : Cancer Center Exams
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Nursing
Job Specialty : Nursing
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $21.02 - $31.53
Salary : $21 - $32
