Medical Assistant- Piedmont ENT

Medical Assistant

SENTA Partners and Piedmont ENT is looking for a full-time Medical Assistant to join our hard-working, energetic, and talented team of professionals.

Are you a high energy multi-tasker who is eager to learn and enjoys helping others?

• • If you answered Yes, we want to hear from You!

We are a growing asthma and allergy practice with over 20 locations throughout GA!

As a Medical Assistant you will be responsible for providing support to doctors and patients through a variety of tasks related to patient care management. Organization and communication are a must. The objective is to complete all activities accurately, with high quality, and in a timely manner.

We provide care that Inspires, while helping you achieve your potential, in an environment where you belong.

*We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Interacts professionally with patients.
• • Rooming patients and entering in medical history/vitals in office notes.
• • Obtains current medication list from new and returning patients and verifies allergies during each office visit. Perform medication reconciliation.
• • Acquires patient history and the chief complaint and documents in complete sentences with the proper grammar why the patient is being seen for a visit.
• • Performs necessary office tests, such as rapid strep tests and smell tests as requested by the physician and document results in the patient’s record.
• • Updates patient’s surgeries in the Surgical History once the patient has had surgery by our physicians. Also, updates surgeries performed by other physicians when they have return visits.
• • Draws blood specimens from patients and prepares and labels the specimens for the laboratory ensuring appropriate lab is used based on patient’s insurance plan.
• • Obtains patient signed informed consent via paper and administer intramuscular injections such as steroids and vitamin B12 and documents the injection completion in EHR.
• • Updates the provider which patient should be seen next to minimize wait time when multiple rooms are filled up. Patient timeliness and appointment time must be taken into consideration to avoid upset patient(s).
• • Cleans and prepares room in a timely manner for the next patient.
• • Retrieves, directs and responds accordingly to the messages from the nursing line.
• • Calls-in prescriptions as directed by the physicians.
• • Ensures compliance with applicable government laws, rules, regulations, AAOA and Company policies and procedures.
• • Maintains safe environment for patient, co-workers and self, per policies and procedures.
• • Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements & Skills:

• • Proven working experience as a medical assistant. (2+ years preferred)
• • Knowledge of standard clinic practices, policies and procedures.
• • Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work.
• • Follow through and attention to detail
• • Strong interpersonal skills.
• • Must be a team player.
• • Working knowledge of MS Office and Electronic Medical Records
• • Great phone skills and upbeat approach