Medical assistant

Description Job Summary

• Dedicated and compassionate Medical Assistant with a commitment to providing exceptional patient care in an outpatient setting. Adept at performing a wide range of clinical and administrative tasks to support healthcare delivery. Possess strong communication skills to interact with patients, healthcare professionals, and administrative staff. Committed to maintaining a patient-centric focus while ensuring the smooth operation of daily clinic activities.
• Essential
• Duties /
• Responsibilities:
• Clinical
• Responsibilities: Greet patients and escort them to exam rooms. Obtain and record patient vitals, including height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and temperature. Measure and fit patients for compression stockings and assist with putting them on. Take before and after pictures of patients.
• Room
• Preparation and
• Support: Ensure rooms are stocked appropriately. Clean and prepare rooms for procedures. Assist with room and tray set-up for patient procedures. Assist RN and PA in preparing medications and filling syringes (as permitted by state law).
• Patient
• Support and
• Communication: Issue patients pre- and post-procedure instructions, prescriptions, ensuring compliance and understanding. Coordinate day-to-day traffic of the clinic schedule to maintain patient flow. Provide excellent customer service. Treat team members and patients with compassion and respect.
• Administrative and
• Compliance
• Tasks: Maintain autoclave spore compliance records. Assist with medical supply inventory management, including the ordering, receiving, and organizing of medical supplies. Responsible for scanning supplies in and out, ensuring accurate and current information in medical management software. Maintain privacy and confidentiality of patient records according to HIPAA.
• General
• Clinic
• Operations: Troubleshoot and resolve day-to-day issues. Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures, and adheres to professional standards, policies, and procedures in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. Working knowledge of managed care basics and experience working with a managed care and Medicare population. Assist in training new staff on policies and procedures. Other duties delegated by the team lead, RN, physician, or practice manager.