Medical Assistant
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Description
The medical assistant is responsible for administrative and basic clinical duties under the direct supervision of a registered nurse, licensed physician, or other licensed health care provider with legal authority.
Tasks
- Interviews patients to obtain medical information.
- Escorts patients to exam rooms and prepares them for the physician or other health care provider.
- Measures and records vital signs, including height, weight, blood pressure.
- Records patients’ medical history in medical records.
- Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean.
- Assists provider with treatments, procedures within scope of practice
- Takes inventory of medical supplies and restocks rooms.
- Maintains inventory of clean linens.
- Washes dirty linens.
- Provides education material to patients.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains current credentialing.
- Assists provider in completing paperwork/forms in a timely manner (assigned to provider(s) as folder manager).
- Completes appropriate and timely charting.
- Participates in quality assurance activities.
Attends required meetings.
Qualifications / Education
- High school diploma or GED
- Successful completion of a medical assistant or similar nursing program from an accredited institution
- Certification in medical assisting preferred
- Pennsylvania 'You Call The Shots' certification preferred
- Previous experience in a medical practice preferred
