Medical AssistantThe Medical Assistant will be responsible for a range of administrative/clerical and a variety of clinical tasks at the medical clinic.
This position includes no managerial or supervisory responsibilities.
Key Essential Functions:
- Helps patients by providing information, services, and assistance.
- Maintains medical supplies inventory and performing preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating.
- Verifies patient information by interviewing patient, recording medical history, and confirming purpose of visit.
- Must conduct patient care by conducting swabbing for COVID-19, Influenza, or other viruses/bacteria for patients and staff as directed by the Medical Director or Assistant Vice President.
- Must take and record vital signs for all patients as directed by the Medical Director.
- Must organize Lab Requisitions and organize pickup and delivery to the lab from the facility for DOH compliance.
- Must ensure the lab and clinic is clean and clear of clutter. Must maintain the highest of infection control standards.
- Preparing the examination rooms for patient assessment, clinical procedures and assistant practitioners with patient care.
- Monitoring and documenting patient's signs and symptoms for clinicians review during clinical evaluation.
- Must organize and restock the PPE Stations in the Clinic and in the Lobby every day.
- Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature; and reporting patient history summary.
- Saves doctors' time by helping with office procedures which may include filing, preparing documents, filling the copier/scanner with paper, emailing on behalf of Medical Director, confirming insurance, preauthorization, etc.
