Day (United States of America)
Certified Medical Assistant III - Primary Care Ormond
Provides basic medical care and health teaching to patients in an outpatient, non-emergency care setting for an outpatient medical practice.
Job qualifications
- High School diploma or GED required
- Graduate of an approved school or institution for Medical Assistants with current certification required
Skills, experience, licensure
- Current BLS Required
- Strong pharmacological knowledge
- Meets or exceeds level I & II
Duties: And responsibilties:
In addition to all tasks included in level I and II
- Registration functions
- Scheduling
- Insurance Verification
- Prior Authorizations
- Check in /out
- Collections
- Cash procedures
- Assist provider in obtaining microbiological tests such as:
- Streptococcal testing
- Urine culture
- Wound culture
- Vaginal cultures
- Gram staining
- Sensitivity testing
- Sputum culture
- Perform tuberculosis screen
- Tine
- Mantoux
- Screen and follow up patient test results
- Alert provider of abnormal results
- Upon provider order: Discuss test results with patient and document conversation; Instruct patient on diet modification; Instruct patient on drug dosage modification
- Schedule patient for: Hospitalization, Surgery, Return office visit, Outside provider visits, Physical therapy, Other treatments
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by provider
- Calculate drug dosage
- Reconstitute a powdered medication
- Mixing medications from separate vials
- Evaluate and recommend equipment and supplies
- Evaluate and compare medical supplies
- Instruct patient with special needs
- Instruct and demonstrate routine procedures for monitoring body functions
- Instruct and demonstrate safety procedures for home medical equipment
- Demonstrate care and use of special equipment to patient: Crutches, Walker, Cane, Wheelchair, Hearing Aids, Braces, Splints, Casts, Slings, Prosthetic appliances
- Provide written and verbal instructions on chronic disease conditions as instructed by provider
- Teach patient methods of health promotion and disease prevention
- Provide verbal and written information about routine physical examinations and laboratory testing
- Provide verbal and written information as applicable to specialty and provider
- Nutrition and diet therapy
- Exercise and weight control
- Hygiene
- Sexually transmitted / communicable diseases and preventative measures
- Family planning
- Smoking cessation
- Alcohol / drug prevention and treatment
- Instruct and assist patients with performance of self-breast examinations
- Refer patients to outside resources as instructed by provider
- Orient and train personnel
- Introduce office staff
- Orient to facility
- Assist in completion of personnel documents
- Assign work schedule
- Make daily work assignments
- Demonstrate use of policy and procedure manuals for office
- Demonstrate use of office equipment
- Provide information on CDC universal precautions, OSHA, CLIA, and American Disabilities Act regulations
- Emergency preparedness plan
- TJC, ACHA, DCF as applicable
