Full-Time
Medical Assistant
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Regional hospital and clinical care
No salary listed
Natchitoches, LA, USA
In Person
Certification
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Medical Terminology
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Vital Signs
HIPAA
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification is required, or it must be obtained within six months of employment.
- Basic computer knowledge is required.
- Knowledge of medical terminology is required.
- Knowledge of obtaining vital signs and collecting specimens is required.
- Knowledge of assigned duties related to safe, quality patient care within scope of practice is required.
- Customer service skills are required.
- Organizational and time management skills are required.
- Written and verbal communication skills are required.
- The ability to use appropriate discretion when handling confidential material and information is required.
Responsibilities
- Take patient histories and record them in charts, including current medications and drug allergies.
- Ensure examination rooms are clean and scales are balanced.
- Check treatment rooms for necessary supplies and replenish them daily.
- Complete appropriate patient forms and provide appropriate literature.
- Measure patients' weight, height, and vital signs.
- Prepare patients physically and psychologically for treatment and diagnostic tests or studies.
- Handle referrals to other doctors and for durable medical equipment as assigned.
- Schedule tests ordered by the provider.
- Provide patients with instructions regarding medications or supplies.
- Take appropriate action in emergency situations.
- Store incoming supplies and note items that need to be ordered.
- Return calls from patients seeking advice or information.
- Perform Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-waived laboratory procedures after collecting specimens.
- Set up supplies for procedures as needed.
- Adhere to the clinic's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act policy.
- Retrieve and record patient activity for each visit to support accurate billing.
- Obtain client payments, verify patient eligibility, and record pertinent insurance information.
- Greet and receive clients, determine their needs, and direct visitors and callers appropriately.
- Perform receptionist duties, including clerical and electronic filing.
- Answer phone calls or direct callers to the appropriate location.
- Attend staff meetings and in-service sessions.
- Participate in emergency and disaster situations and assigned performance-improvement activities.
- Schedule and confirm appointments, verify insurance, and collect payments.
- Scan mail and patient registration materials into the electronic medical record daily.
- Retrieve medication authorizations from insurance companies for prescribed medications.
- Retrieve mail daily from NRMC.
- Transport laboratory specimens.
- Obtain prior authorizations for medications for the physician.
- Call patients with physician-provided results and document the communication.
- Document all phone calls and patient communications and record information required for patient care.
- Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor or physician.
Desired Qualifications
- Medical Assistant Certification is preferred.
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center is a rural health system anchored by a 96-bed hospital in northwest Louisiana. It provides emergency, medical, surgical, intensive, obstetric, behavioral health, diagnostic and rehabilitation services, supported by clinics and other care facilities across the region. The organization serves residents of Natchitoches and neighboring parishes while coordinating inpatient, outpatient and emergency medical care. Its workforce spans physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, technicians and administrative teams across a community-based delivery network.
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