Medical Assistant - Surgical Associates

| | | --- | Responsible for receiving patients, determines their needs and directs them accordingly. Performs optimal ambulatory health care to patients; stocks and maintains exam rooms and nurse’s stations. **Essential Duties & Responsibilities:** - Plans and manages patient care according to each patient's needs. - Interviews patients and records their medical history and physical condition. - Obtains patient vital signs, including pulse, blood pressure, temperature, and respiration. - Provides routine care for patients. - Observes patient's health. - Reviews medical charts. - Communicates with patients and their families. - Performs standard diagnostic procedures including EKG. - Performs in office testing such as but not limited to: Hb A1c, Flu, Strep, Lipids, Glucose, Urinalysis. - Performs venipunctures. - Prepares specimens for lab courier; calls courier for pick up. - Administers medications. - Provides wound care. - Prepares and administers injections. - Assists with patient comfort. - Maintains medical supplies inventory and performs preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating. - Logs incoming/outgoing sample medications; saving incoming in designated area. - Counsel patients by transmitting physician's orders and medication refills to pharmacy and progress notes to insurance for prior authorization. - Schedule procedures/imaging; verifying date and time with patients; prepares charts, pre-admission, and consent forms. - Manages outgoing/incoming referral and follows up on them. - Helps answer incoming calls. - Works incoming faxes in ECW; saving, naming, and attaching documents, assigning to appropriate staff. - Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulation. - Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, letting manager know when low, and verifying receipt. - Maintains all instruments used by provider, making sure they are sent to be cleaned and returned. - Steps in and serves as receptionist when needed. - Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards; facility policies and procedures; federal, state, and local requirements. **Education**: High School Diploma/GED required, Vocational/Technical degree as Medical Assistant or Related field required. **Certification/License:** Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) required. CPR preferred. **Experience:** At least 1 year experience as MA in a Clinic/Office is preferred,