Mohawk Valley Health System·City of Utica, New York
The Medical Assistant provides direct and indirect patient care, including assisting with examinations, treatments, and medical procedures. They also manage administrative tasks such as patient reception, scheduling, and maintaining medical supply inventory.
Job Summary The Medical Assistant provides direct and indirect patient care in an office setting.
Records, facilitates and assists with patient examination and treatment.
Assists and/or covers absences within the office as assigned.
This may include but is not limited to patient reception, answering telephones, registration, scheduling of appointments and obtaining medical records.
Also supports the provider as assigned.
Core Job Responsibilities
Observes, collects, records, and reports selected data related to patient’s physical, psychosocial, environmental and self-care ability.
Prepares patient for examination.
Assists provider with medical procedures.
Prepares treatment rooms for patient examination.
Performs Point of Care Testing as appropriate Maintains established inventory levels of medical supplies.
Responds appropriately to patient’s issues and notifies the office manager.
Performs other duties as assigned.
High school diploma or equivalent. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Concentration needed to assimilate information from many different sources. Basic computer knowledge.
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or direct patient care experience BLS certification within 6 weeks.
Disclaimer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor. Job Details Req Id 98527 Department PODIATRY Shift Days Shift Hours Worked 8.00 FTE 1 Work Schedule HRLY NON-UNION-8 HR Employee Status A1 - Full-Time Union Non-Union Pay Range $18.00 - $24.00 - Per Hour
Market context
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