What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at DHVAJ?
Location: Jeffersonville, Indiana
Type : Full time - 40 hours a week - Weekends as needed - Rotational shifts
Certification - Medical Assistant (Mandatory)
Job SummaryMedical assistants are a crucial component to your practice’s clinical staff, but their roles can vary in breadth depending on the size of your practice and the amount of work your physicians, physician assistants and nurses choose to give them.Responsibilities and Duties
- Perform procedures under supervision of physician or physician assistant
- Assist physician and physician assistant in exam rooms
- Escort patients to exam rooms, interviews patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient’s chart
- Give instructions to patients as instructed by physician or physician assistant
- Ensure all related reports, labs and information is filed is available in patients’ medical records prior to their appointment
- EKG’s, injections, rapid lab tests, blood draws
- Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required
- Take telephone messages and provide feedback and answers to patient/physician/pharmacy calls
- Triage and process messages from patients and front office staff to physicians and physician assistants
- Maintain all logs and required checks (i.e. refrigerator temperatures, emergency medications, expired medications, oxygen, cold sterilization fluid change, etc.)
- All other duties as assigned by clinical coordinator or practice administrator
Qualifications and SkillsQualificationsMedical assistants must have knowledge of:
- Healthcare field and medical specialty
- Medical terminology
- Grammar, spelling, and punctuation
- Knowledge of EHRs (if applicable)
Skills
- Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette
- Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow
- The ability to perform phlebotomy and administer injections
Education
- High school diploma; some college preferred
Salary : $17 - $18
