What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Health Medical Assistant position at City of El Paso, TX?
Requirements
MOS Codes: None
Education and Experience: High School Diploma or GED and graduation from an accredited program for medical assistants.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class C Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
General Purpose
Under direction, provide patient care management to an assigned clinic in the Department of Public Health.
Typical Duties
Assist patients and perform clerical duties in support of clinic operations. Involves: Conduct front desk registration and insurance verification. Answer telephone, take and relay messages or forward calls to appropriate individuals. Update patient medical records, schedule patient appointments and diagnostic testing, clarify referrals and re-verify appointments for various clinic programs. Provide patients with assistance in filling out forms. Answer questions related to policies and procedures and convey requested information to patients. Prepare reports and document laboratory results in patient records. Compile daily and monthly clinical reports. Collect and record patient payments, complete deposit form and count receipts to prepare bank deposit. Monitor medical office supply inventory. Maintain logs, files and records. Operate under the supervision of physician, nurse practitioner and registered nurse.
Assist clinic staff in the delivery of clinical services. Involves: Follow well defined procedures/protocols to facilitate clinic services and assist clinicians during examinations. Conduct patient intakes, interview patients to obtain medical history, and obtain vital signs. Provide patient education on various topics such as, but not limited to: hygiene, birth control, sexual education, nutrition, immunizations, etc. Prepare exam room and instruments as needed for examination. Provide technical assistance during examination and anticipate instrument needs. Perform patient measurements, tests and screenings such as blood pressure, sputum, hearing, vision, urinalysis, pregnancy, TB, iron, glucose, etc. Perform routine adult venipuncture and routine adult and pediatric capillary sticks. Dispense medications and administer injections, including infant, children and adult immunizations, as ordered by physician verbally, in writing or by standing delegation orders. Prepare infectious waste for disposal. Directly observe therapy to patients with TB disease and report to case manager/RN any abnormal adverse effects prior to medicating patient. May perform other duties as assigned.
General Information
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
Note: Applicants with a foreign degree must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
