What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant position at Integrated Dermatology?
1. Primary Duties
- Travels between our locations as needed to provide excellent patient care. Works all scheduled hours and gives adequate notice when calling out.
- Helps to set up clinic for the day and completes the MA checklist of duties.
- Escorts patients to exam rooms in order of appointment times. Obtains short history and vital signs as required by patients chief complaint. Obtains or updates medication list if necessary. Sets up exam room according to scheduled procedure or anticipate physicians needs if nonscheduled procedure is likely.
- Assists physician with biopsies and surgical procedures such as excisions ED&C cryo therapy laser surgery etc.
- Educates patient as required after physician establishes the treatment plan. Ensures that the patient understands the treatment plan understands the proper use of their medications and understands their responsibility for compliance with the treatment plan prior to leaving the office.
- Documents patient encounters thoroughly and accurately.
- Straightens and cleans exam rooms after patient visits.
- Performs nursing procedures such as suture removal dressing changes allergen patch testing and chemical wart therapy without direct physician supervision.
- Completely and correctly fills out all required pathology and laboratory requisition documents for patients as required by physician. Provides clinical staff with all completed documents for data entry into the biopsy book.
2. Secondary Duties
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Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work : Employment Type :
Fulltime
