Medical Assistant, Full-Time Days, GME Internal Medicine at DHR Health

Summary

MISSION STATEMENT: Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time. VISION: Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

Position Summary

Assist administrative and clinical team members by performing a variety of clerical and clinical duties to ensure departmental function within the practice as well as departmental compliance in accordance with State and Federal regulations. Such duties include but are not limited to: Scribing, translation, wound care, post operative visits, assisting providers with patients, making appointments, taking calls from patients, pharmacies and other physician offices. Participates in volunteer programs and special assignments, and performs other duties as assigned within scope of practice.

POSITION EDUCATION/

Qualifications

• • High School graduate or G.E.D. certificate preferred. Completion of Medical Assistant program, required BLS certification required, or must be obtained within 90 days of hire Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues Organizational skills are necessary Good written and verbal communication skills required Ability to read, write and speak English Bilingual, English/Spanish, required Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physician Physician office experience is required

Job Knowledge/Experience

• • Two (2) years experience in a busy physician office, strongly preferred Ability to take vital signs to include, but not limited to: height, weight, blood pressure, temperature and pulse Must have computer experience and must be able to learn practice IS system Previous experience with an EMR system preferred Must have excellent customer service and organizational skills Requires reasoning ability and good independent judgment

Position Responsibilities

• • Perform basic administrative medical assisting functions Assist in obtaining patient history, chief complaint and vital signs Schedule, coordinate and monitor appointments Understand and adhere to managed care policies and procedures Keep rooms neat, clean and well stocked with supplies Set up rooms as needed for in office procedures Assist physician with in office procedures as needed Monitor schedule in order to ensure that medical records needed from other physicians or hospital are obtained prior to patient coming into the office for scheduled visit Comply with quality assurance practices. Screen, collect and follow up on patient test results Collect and process specimens accurately and timely Perform diagnostic and laboratory tests and wound care as necessary Adhere to established patient screening procedures at all times Scribe for physicians as needed Assist with the preparation and administration of medications and immunizations Maintains accurate medication and immunization records Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies as needed Prepares and maintains all patient files in an orderly fashion File and or scan faxed information in charts after review by provider as necessary Ensure that positive results or stat results are provided to the practitioner in a timely manner Perform inventory of supplies and equipment as necessary Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies as needed Answer and direct all phone calls and messages appropriately Effectively communicates and works well with other team members Help patients to navigate patient portals as needed Adheres to assigned projects/tasks Volunteers for special assignments/projects Performs other assigned duties as assigned LINES OF REPSONSIBILITES : (Chain-of-command) 1.Clinic Manager → Director of DHR Health Clinics → Chief Ambulatory Officer

Customer Service

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

Age Specific

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

Americans With Disabilities Act

(ADA) : A.

Essential Duties

• Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.
• The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position: Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
• Yes Kneeling Yes Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.
• Yes Walking Yes Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.
• Yes Standing/Squatting Yes Straight pulling Yes Sitting Yes Pulling hand over hand Yes Pushing Yes Repeated bending Yes Stooping/Bending Yes Reaching above shoulder Yes Climbing Stairs Yes Simple grasping Yes Climbing Ladders No Dual simultaneous grasping Yes Depth Perceptions needed Yes Ability to see Yes Identify Colors Yes Operating office equipment Yes Twisting Yes Operating mechanical equipment Yes Crawling No Ability to read and write Yes Ability to Count Yes Ability to hear verbal communication without aid Yes Operating Personal Renaissance Surgery Group icle Yes Ability to comp Renaissance Surgery Group end written/verbal communication Yes Other: Ability to deal with stress Yes OSHA Category I B.
• Working Conditions : The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise.
• There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.
• C.
• Occupational Exposure: All procedures or other job related task that involve contact with blood, body fluids, tissues or potential for spills or splashes of them are Category I tasks.
• D.
• Aptitudes : HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles.
• Ability to reason and make judgments . 3 Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively.
• To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs.
• To present information or ideas clearly. 3 Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately . 2 Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2 Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines . 3 Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material.
• To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2 Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed.
• Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly. 3 Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully.