Core Responsibilities:

• Patient care
• EHR skills required. We use Athenahealth EHR and will train you on its workflows if you are used to a different EHR.
• Greeting patients and ushering them to exam room
• Taking vitals and documenting levels in EHR
• Scribing visit notes during patient encounters with the provider
• Gathering and documenting patient medical information in chart (vitals, current medications, reason for visit)
• Venipuncture skills
• Administer injections per protocol.
• Refill prescriptions PRN
• Perform needed Point of Care testing.
• Perform Annual Wellness visit and related screenings.
• Assist with administrative duties when needed (scheduling appointments, communicating with patients on the phone, maintaining medical records)
• Liaison between patients & physician
• Teamwork
• Sets up, cleans, restocks, and prepares examination rooms. Prepares equipment, autoclave, sterilizer, and maintain treatment areas.
• Collects and processes specimens for diagnostic testing according to policy.
• Performs screening tests such as EKGs, hearing tests, vision tests and pulmonary testing (peak flow and pulse oximetry).
• Prepares and administers oral and parenteral medications and vaccines as directed by the physician. May call or e-prescribe prescriptions as directed. Maintains medication and immunization records.
• Complies with Medical Center Infection Prevention policies to manage infectious materials using aseptic techniques, sanitization, chemical disinfection, surgical asepsis, and correct handling of biohazardous materials.
• Documents all patient care delivered in the medical record according to medical center policy.
• Performs other related duties incidental to work described herein.

Requirements/ Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of accredited medical assistant program certification
• CPR Certification
• Well spoken, friendly, outgoing
• Good writing and typing skills.
• At least 2+ years of experience as CMA/RMA in healthcare setting preferred.