Our Medical Assistant will work directly with healthcare practice staff to maintain patient records, round in Central Florida Behavioral Health, and support office administration. Candidates must live in the Orlando/Central FL area; this is a full time in person role, located at Central Florida Behavioral Health.
Job Type: Full-time
Hourly Pay: $16.00 - $22.00 per hour
Location: Central Florida Behavioral Health
Some examples of tasks include:
- Maintain professional appearance/hygiene and personal conduct
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, staff and management
- Enhances health care practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- Medical Assistant shall communicate on a regular basis with designated office/administration personnel and assigned ARNP and Physician
- Must be able to recognize and respond appropriately to urgent/emergent situations per protocol
- Communicate basic clinical information to staff and patients
- Alert Supervisor and seek assistance when an activity or process change at the facility or deviates
- Work with SNF/ALF staff to obtain patient demographic and insurance data to ensure correct billing information and updates are sent to the billing office
- Coordinate completion of all clinical documentation from physicians; and work proactively to ensure complete timely documentation and signatures
- Confirms and clarifies written orders prior to implementation of delegated tasks
- Pre-filling and updating patients’ electronic health records and charts.
- Ensure proper documentation for patients visits
- Monitors patient status recognizing and reporting abnormal findings or changes in medical condition
- Document work processes as required
- Transferring lab results to the appropriate provider
- Follow prescriptions refills procedures
- Ensure that all necessary diagnostic studies and reports are available for the provider to review
- Prepare and administer medications as directed by a physician
- Follow and maintain patient records and confidentiality as appropriate for HIPAA compliance
- Other duties assigned or required
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Certified as Medical Assistant or CNA REQUIRED
- Able to operate office equipment: fax machine, copier, multi-phone system
- Experience working with electronic medical records (EMR) or equivalent training on EMR
- Customer Service, time management, organization, attention to detail, team work oriented
- Computer knowledge: Word Processing, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Skills
- One (1) year of experience (preferred)