What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant (Credentialed/Certified) - SCB Urology position at University of Illinois Hospital?
Under the direction of the Physician, performs a variety of clinical and clerical services to support physician practice in an outpatient setting.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Documents patient medications for medication reconciliation by history.
- Administers approved injections per appropriate protocol
Indirect Patient Care Tasks
- Under direct supervision of clinical staff and following MD orders, completes requisitions for diagnostic
tests/procedures. - Assists in collection and processing of patient specimens. Performs and documents point of care specimen testing.
- Performs necessary follow-up to obtain laboratory/test results and other pertinent medical record information; records lab data.
- Maintains patient care environment in compliance with safety and infection control requirements including but not
limited to ordering, stocking, and monitoring usage of linen, forms and supplies; disposal of soiled and used patient care supplies; sterilization of equipment. - Performs and documents quality control tests on equipment as appropriate.
- Cleans and sterilizes equipment and maintains appropriate cleaning logs per policy.
obtains pre-authorizations and referrals.
Clerical Tasks
- Maintains patient files and medical records; extracts clinical/demographic information as required.
- Schedules patient appointments.
- Checks patients in and out, requisitions charts/studies, registers patients and activates accounts according to
hospital procedures. - Records lab data.
- Assists other staff with office reception and business support functions.
- Collects cash payments from patients and keeps accurate record of cash collections.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Participates or assists with initiatives to promote effective process design, development and implementation of EHR and
other technologies; participates in improvement projects and on assigned committees - Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.
