Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant
Position Number 6220602 Department OB/GYNCategory Clinical Compensation Max USD $14.42/Hr.Compensation Min USD $11.26/Hr. Options :
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Overview:
Responsible for front and back office procedures. Also assists Physicians and Nurses with medical examination of patients.

Responsibilities:


Answers incoming telephone calls and refers calls as necessary. Also responsible for taking messages, paging doctors when appropriate, handling hospital consults, and answering inquiries.



Schedules appointments with doctors, calls patients to remind and confirm appointments; reschedules patients from the bump list, and schedules residents’ clinics where appropriate.



Prepares charts for the next day; creates new patient charts, files and pulls charts and checks charts for referrals and authorization prior to visit. Also prepares charge tickets.



Greets patients in a courteous manner, marks off names as patients arrive, and notifies nurses/medical assistants/MDs of arrivals.



Registers old and new patients, verifies demographics and insurance, determines insurance copays, and collects money and copays to send to EVMS Health Services.



Checks-in and checks-out patients, obtains and writes referrals, when appropriately trained and directed, and schedules outside appointments with specialists.



Takes vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, and blood pressure. May draw blood and give injections under the immediate supervision of a Physician or RN.



Chaperons when appropriate and assists during certain minor surgeries and diagnostic procedures, such as Pap Smears.



Maintains clean, well-equipped examination rooms; cleans and sterilizes instruments.



Stocks examination rooms and triage area with medical supplies. Inventories and reorders supplies.

Document all information in EMR.

Qualifications:
Completion of a medical assistant program is required. Previous clinical experience is preferred.