What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant - Hematology Oncology - Mount Sinai Chelsea Center - Full Time Days position at Mount Sinai Health Systems?
Description
The Medical Assistant provides clinical office support to physicians and surgeons and performs patient care and administrative duties necessary to deliver quality patient care.
Responsibilities
A. Clinical/Technical/Service
1. Admits patient to exam room for examination
2. Takes vital signs, medical history and medication history including allergies
3. Prepares patient charts for physician
4. Ensures information is correct and up to date
5. Coordinates outside testing for patients, assures results are returned
6. Performs diagnostic testing as ordered by physician
7. Verifies diagnosis and procedure codes with physicians
8. Administer injections as directed by physician
9. Documents all patient interactions in the patients' file
10. Maintains patient confidentiality
11. Maintains exam rooms and medical areas
12. Notifies patients of test results as directed by physician
13. Operates medical equipment as required
14. Takes blood and other bodily fluids as required
15. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area
B. Organizational/Managerial
16. Participates in the departments performance improvement activities
17. Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information
18. Observes the Health Care Systems compliance policies
19. Adheres to lab procedures required by CLIA regulations
20. Adheres to OSHA regulations
21. Assists in the training of new employees
22. Represents the hospital to patients, vendors, contractors and public
C. Educational/Professional Development
23. Participates in the development of other staff members
24. Meets regulatory, licensure and annual health assessment requirements
25. Identifies learning strengths and needs
26. Utilizes learning resources
27. Attends sponsored training activities
D. Communication/Relationships
28. Demonstrates a professional, courteous, and respectful attitude in dealing with patients, families and significant others
29. Displays courtesy, tact and patience during interactions with all members of the hospital staff and extended community
30. Adheres to Continuums legal and ethical standards
31. May be required to perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
High School Diploma or GED
Certified Medical Assistant Certificate (CMA or CCMA)
BLS from the American Heart Association
Three to six months related experience.
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSBI
SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and MS Downtown, AAK - Hematology Oncology - CCD, MS Cancer Center West
Employer Description
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $24.9407 - $27.1 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Salary : $25 - $27
