What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Grayson Pediatrics?
CALLING ALL SUPERHEROS!
Superheroes are needed to flex their medical assistant superpowers to deliver top-notch medical care to the children in our community. At Grayson Pediatrics our team is comprised of superheroes using their skills to deliver exceptional medical care and customer service to every little superhero or superheroine that we are blessed to serve. If you have at least one year of experience with your pediatric medical assistant superpower, love children, and working with other superheroes, we would like to invite you for an interview. Please read below to see if your superhero powers meet the challenges, requirements, and rigger of the job! Capes on!
Job Task and Responsibilities:
- Consistently demonstrate the highest degree of integrity, honesty, and respect to all patients and co-workers
- Move patients through appointments as scheduled
- Pre-screen patients: take weight, height, blood pressure and perform vision screening
- Prepare and administer medicines as instructed by the doctor or nurse practitioner
- Take and document patient’s vital signs (weight, height, blood pressure and temperature)
- Perform controls as required and accurately document the results in the appropriate logs
- Ensure optimal level of inventory is maintained for the front and back office at all times
- Uphold and model all HIPAA, OSHA, and office policies and procedures at all time
- Clean exam rooms in accordance with office procedures and replenish medical supplies as needed
- Answer incoming calls and deal with inquiries or transfer calls as required
- Ability to triage patients over the phone and in-person
- Schedule patient appointments
- Register patients according to established protocols
- Accurately collect new patient information and ensure all patient data is accurate including billing information
- Inform patients of medical office procedures and policy
- Complete other clerical/office duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Medical Assistant certification or diploma
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in a pediatric medical office
- Applicant must possess excellent customer service skills, must be polite, confident, and patient
- Proficient in taking patient vital signs
- Team player with a willingness to learn and take on additional responsibilities
- Superior knowledge of vaccine handling and administration
- GRITS administration
- Lab experience: strep test, hemoglobin, urinary analysis, etc.
- Knowledge of electronic charting software and processes (preferably EMR)
- Proficient PC skills and ability to work multifaceted systems
- Experience with newborn through young adult
- Requires knowledge of office management, process improvement, and medical terminology
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
Key Competencies:
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Organizes time prioritizes and demonstrates strong decision-making skills
- Information collection and management
- Planning and organizing
- Attention to detail
- Customer service skills
- Adaptability
- Displays confidence in his/her abilities to perform the job well.
- Confidentiality
- Bilingual is preferred but not required
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- On-the-job training
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Referral program
- Travel reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Pediatrics
- Primary Care
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Vital signs: 1 year (Preferred)
- medical assistant: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Certified Medical Assistant (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $16