Medical Assistant
- $13 to $15 Hourly
- Full-Time
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation
Job Description: Medical Assistant
Reports to: Office Manager/RN
Summary of Job Description:
To assist the providers as well as the other nursing staff and medical assistants in providing efficient and high quality patient care.
Principle Responsibilities:
● Triage patients and take vital signs
● Document of all patient care in electronic medical record (EMR)
● Complete patient paperwork including prior authorizations, home health paperwork, medical supply paperwork, etc
● Assist provider with:
○ Performing exams, invasive procedures and minor surgeries
○ Ordering standard laboratory tests for chronic disease visits
○ Completing quality management in EMR
○ Reconciling medications and allergies for each patient at each clinical encounter ○ E-prescribing medications once the appropriate changes to the medicines have been made by the provider.
● Schedule consultation appointments or imaging appointments for patients
● Prepare patients for examination or procedures
● Set up for procedures
● Respond to patient messages, schedule appointments and procedures ● Clean and stock rooms, and update inventory records
● Administer medications and vaccines upon satisfactory assessment of competency
● Perform patient tests and screenings, including x-rays, upon satisfactory assessment of competency
● Perform waived laboratory testing as ordered by physician upon satisfactory assessment of competency
● Remove sutures or staples from superficial wounds, as well as casts, splints, and other external devices.
● Work through assigned tasks in EMR
● Communicate with other physician offices, patients, and other ancillary health care offices like pharmacies at the direction of the providers
Qualifications:
● Satisfactory completion of CMCF Medical Assistant Training Program
● Certified Medical Assistant preferred but not required
● Experience in a medical office desired
● Excellent customer service and phone communication skills
● Basic experience with computers
● Ability to manage time, multitask, and handle high stress environments
Address
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation
Anniston, ALIndustry
Healthcare
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