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Job Summary:
The Medical Assistant is administratively responsible to the Nurse
Manager and works under the daily direction and clinical orders of the
provider staff. Medical Assistants provide a wide range of clinical and
administrative support to healthcare providers in a community-based
setting. They play a crucial role in ensuring efficient and
patient-centered care, from patient intake and vital signs to assisting
with procedures and maintaining medical records.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
Clinical Functions
Patient care
Maintains patient, staff confidentiality according to
Northern Counties Health Care policy and state and federal
law.
Review charts prior to patients scheduled appointment to
assure that all requested lab work and diagnostic procedures
have been completed and that reports have been returned and
accessible to the provider.
Obtains and records patient vital signs, height, weight and
reason for visit. Performs vision screening and test for
color blindness, includes patient education materials as
necessary.
Directs patients to exam rooms; assists in preparing
patients for examination
Assists providers with patient examinations and procedures
Interacts with patients regarding clinical complaints for
effective and immediate response and resolution. Refers any
patient complaint to Nurse Manager/ Practice Manager for
resolution.
Carries out appointments for patients requiring blood
pressure checks, throat cultures as prescribed by the
provider
Recognizes emergency situations, seeks assistance and
intervenes appropriately
Documents care actions and patient responses in the
electronic medical record,
Organizes and prioritizes care with minimal assistance.
Maintains patient education literature for distribution.
Specimen collection
Performs venipuncture following successful training
Performs capillary stick, collects urine specimens, performs
testing for occult blood in stool. Handles all specimens
using Standard Precautions, infection control and hazardous
waste removal practices, may perform PT/INR finger stick.
Completes lab forms through Computerized Physician Order
Entry.Processes laboratory samples and ships to reference
labs
Diagnostic testing
Performs EKGs, pulmonary function tests
Administrative Functions
Participates in quality assurance activities and all training
seminars.
Orders all medical supplies, verifies shipments, resolves
backorders and initiates returns, as appropriate.
Ensures adequate supply of clean linens.
Perform quality checks on all office clinical machines. Reports
equipment malfunction to the Practice Manager.
Assists nursing in quality control of medications by checking
expired medications.
Fundamental Procedures
Sets up for patient exam, instrument trays for procedures,
including sterile procedures.
Cleans, wraps and sterilizes instruments. Takes wrapped
instruments to sterile processing as appropriate within the
practice. Cleans and monitors the sterilization equipment.
Keeps nursing area, lab area, medical storage area, patient exam
rooms stocked, clean and orderly.
Performs similar or related duties as requested.
The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the
major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job.
The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than
those stated in this description.
