Contentnea Health

Medical Assistant

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSnow Hill, NC, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Possess work-related skills beyond high school, including formal written and verbal communication, computational and computer skills, mathematical, technical, or health care knowledge typically acquired through a trade school, paraprofessional, or certificate program.
Possess specific knowledge of medical assisting processes and practices, typically acquired through completion of a certificate in medical assisting or nursing assisting lasting up to one year.
Hold a current Basic Life Support certification.

Responsibilities

Assist medical practitioners with patient care.
Perform pre-visit planning.
Obtain vital signs.
Perform standing orders.
Review medical histories with patients.
Prepare patients for examinations and assist practitioners with examinations and procedures.
Collect and process laboratory specimens.
Administer medications and immunizations.
Perform vision and hearing tests, ear irrigation, electrocardiograms, spirometry, wound care, splinting, nebulized therapies, and other clinical orders.
Ensure collected data is communicated to the practitioner and properly documented in the electronic health record and other designated databases, such as the North Carolina Immunization Registry.
Relay instructions and education to patients.
Transmit medication orders and refills to pharmacies.
Complete practitioner-related administrative documentation, including durable medical equipment paperwork and other patient-care-related forms, in accordance with organizational policies and payer requirements.
Provide temporary support for front desk operations when assigned, including patient check-in and check-out, appointment scheduling, telephone support, and patient insurance verification.
Apply Occupational Safety and Health Administration medical office standards for sanitation of intake areas, examination rooms, and the laboratory before, during, and after each patient.
Properly dispose of medical waste, including sharps.
Participate in inventory, stocking, and organization of medical supplies, medications, and immunizations in examination rooms, the laboratory, and storage areas, including crash carts, refrigerators, and freezers.
Participate in regular maintenance of medical equipment such as laboratory machines, electrocardiogram machines, nebulizers, glucometers, and defibrillators.

Company Overview

Contentnea Health is a Community Health Center providing comprehensive medical, dental and behavioral health services for members of our communities in Greene, Pitt and Pamlico counties in eastern North Carolina.

Job Summary

Assists physicians and advanced practice practitioners with patient care and maintains clinical areas.

Responsibilities and Duties

Assists medical practitioners with patient care.
1. Performs pre-visit planning.
2. Obtains vital signs.
3. Performs standing orders.
4. Reviews medical histories with patients.
5. Prepares patients for examinations and assists practitioner with examinations and procedures.
6. Collects and processes lab specimens.
7. Administers medications and immunizations.
8. Performs vision and hearing tests, ear irrigation, electrocardiograms, spirometry, wound care, splinting, nebulized therapies, and other clinical orders.
9. Ensures collected data is communicated to practitioner and properly documented in electronic health record (EHR) and other designated databases, such as NCIR.
10. Relays instructions and education to patients.
11. Transmits medication orders/refills to pharmacies.
12. Completes practitioner-related administrative documentation, including but not limited to durable medical equipment (DME) paperwork and other patient-care related forms, in accordance with organizational policies and payer requirements.
13. Provides temporary support for front desk operations when assigned, which may include patient check-in and check-out, appointment scheduling, telephone support, and patient insurance verification.

Maintains clinical areas.
1. Enacts OSHA medical office standards for sanitation of intake areas, exam rooms, and laboratory, before, during, and after each patient.
2. Properly disposes of medical waste, including sharps.
3. Participates in inventory, stocking, and organization of medical supplies, medications, and/or immunizations, in exam rooms, laboratory, and storage areas, including crash carts, refrigerators, and freezers.
4. Participates in regular maintenance of medical equipment such as laboratory machines, electrocardiogram machines, nebulizers, glucometers, and defibrillators.

Qualifications and Skills

Possesses work-related skills at a higher level than completion of high school, including formal written and verbal communication skills, computational and computer skills, mathematical, technical or health care related knowledge frequently acquired through completion of a trade school, para-professional, or certificate type program.

Possesses specific knowledge of medical assisting processes and practices, typically acquired during completion of a certificate in medical assisting or nursing assisting with a duration of up to a year.

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

About the Company

Contentnea Health

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