Medical Assistant

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

8:30 AM

Shift End Time:

5 PM

AWS Hours Requirement:

8/40 - 8 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

No Weekends

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$25.000 - $25.690 - $30.400

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do
The Back Office Medical Assistant performs a variety of clinical and clerical responsibilities to assist care providers in examination and treatment of patients.  Enters pertinent information into patient charts, and performs related clerical tasks.  Responsible for assisting the physician with all aspects of patient care including: rooming patients, taking vitals, and documenting patient histories.

Required Qualifications

• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant clinical Medical Assistant experience, preferred. May consider applicable C.N.A. experience in lieu of Medical Assistant experience.

Other Qualification Requirements

• Graduate of Medical Assisting program or graduate of Certified Nurse Assistant program or Military Medical Specialist training, required. May consider completion of two years on-the-job training in Medical Assisting or Certified Nurse Assisting and High School diploma or GED required.

Essential Functions

• The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
  Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.
  Obtains, identifies and records vital signs, prevention data, medications, chief complaints and other pertinent information.
  Observes, records and reports pertinent patient symptoms, reactions, condition changes, and information. Immediately identifies and reports to RN or practitioner all adverse observations, reactions, conditions or emergency situations.
  Transcribes patient specific data into electronic system using practitioner generated ICD-10 and CPT codes for purposes of billing, coding, and clinical data reporting and analysis.
  Prepares room and instruments for use during exam or procedure. Assists MD, PA or NP with wide variety of patient care procedures and tests. Collects, labels and processes specimens as required by practitioner and in accordance with policies and procedures.
  Follows departmental and organizational directives to isolate and process contaminated instruments and supplies. Cleans rooms, furniture, instruments and equipment according to established policies and procedures.
  Identifies, draws up and labels medications on sterile and unsterile field for immediate verification and administration by the practitioner. Verbalizes preparation and shows practitioner medication container.
  Calls patient prescription to pharmacy, as ordered by authorized practitioner.
  Assists in resolving and/or responding to non-clinical related patient complaints and inquires.
  Manage a caseload of 20+ patients per day with physician(s) assigned to.
  Performs other duties as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in interpersonal relations, customer service, detail-oriented, problem solving, teamwork, creativity/innovation and meet variable workloads, required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, required.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and multi-task, required.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment; receiving instructions, required.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class