Our partner in healthcare, Family Practice of Conyers, is looking for a phenomenal medical assistant.
As a Medical assistant, you will assist the physician, nurse practitioner, and other medical staff by performing administrative and clinical duties and providing great customer service to all our patients.
Clinical Duties:
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Greet and welcome patients
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Verify patients’ medical histories
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Maintain a patient load of 25-30 patients a day
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Explain treatment procedures to patients
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Escort patients to exam rooms, interview patients, measure vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and document all information in patient’s chart
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Prepare treatment rooms for patient examinations; Assist physician and nurse practitioner in exam rooms
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Collect and prepare laboratory specimens
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Perform basic laboratory tests
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Perform and process laboratory blood draws
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Disinfect, clean treatment rooms following patient examinations; maintain safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; comply with legal regulations
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Keep exam rooms stocked with adequate medical supplies, maintain instruments, prepare sterilization as required; properly dispose of contaminated supplies
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Draw blood, remove sutures, change dressings
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Set-up EKG machines, administer injections and medications, and perform routine specimen collection and tests
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Electronically record patient medical history, vital statistics, and test results in patient medical files
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Process referrals and fill out health forms for patients
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Prepare patient charts that are scheduled for appointments
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Secure patient information and maintain patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; complete diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keep patient information confidential
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Ensure patients are signed up for Chronic Care Management (CCM) as well as any other program the practice is offering
Administrative Duties:
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Use computer applications
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Answer phone calls, emails, patients’ queries, and ensure quality customer service
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Assist patients with electronically signing in, uploading insurance data, identification cards, and verifying, updating patients’ health data & information
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Assist in processing faxes in the fax serve in Athena Health and handling voicemails
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Schedule appointments
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Arrange for hospital admissions and laboratory services
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Scan and fax documents
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Perform other duties as assigned or requested
Requirements
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Strong customer service skills
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Experience in Athena EMR system
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Maintain safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
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Keep equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and reporting repairs to Office Manager.
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Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
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Serve and protect the practice by adhering to professional standards, facility policies and procedures, and federal, state, and local requirements.
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Enhance the practice’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.