What are the responsibilities and job description for the Geriatric Medical Assistant position at Yale New Haven Health?
Job Summary:
As a Geriatric Medical Assistant, you will assist healthcare providers in delivering quality patient care while performing administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling and medical record management.
Your role will involve ensuring patient confidentiality and providing necessary information to enhance patient experience.
You are committed to embodying the values of integrity, compassion, and respect in all interactions with patients and colleagues.
Overview:
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
Responsibilities:
- Performs patient care responsibilities as assigned.
- Identifies self to patient/family and explains to patient/family the roles of each member of the care delivery team.
- Performs administrative responsibilities as assigned.
- Sends/receives patient medical records and abstracts new patient records into EPIC.
- Performs environmental responsibilities as assigned.
- Sets up instruments and equipment according to department protocol.
- Performs other related organizational duties as assigned.
- Maintains patient autonomy, confidentiality and dignity.
- May assist and/or perform chaperone duties for patient medical procedures as needed.
Qualifications:
- EDUCATION: High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Certification/Registration (CCMA/CMA/AAMA/RMA) preferred.
- EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 1 year private practice medical assistant experience preferred in a primary care or specialist office.
- LICENSURE: Medical Assisting Certification preferred.
- SPECIAL SKILLS: Excellent, organizational, communication, customer service and teamwork skills required.
- Ability to multi-task is essential.
- EMR experience preferred and working knowledge of Microsoft office applications required.
- CPR certification preferred.
- Bilingual preferred but not required.
