Job Description
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Helps patients by providing information, services, and assistance.
- Maintains medical supplies inventory and performing preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating.
- Verifies patient information by collecting insurance and ID and confirming purpose of visit.
- Prepares patients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; taking blood pressure, weight, and temperature.
- Saves doctors’ time by preparing room for office procedures.
- Secures patient information and maintains patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records; and keeping patient information confidential.
- Counsels patients by transmitting physician’s orders and questions.
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
- Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
- Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards; facility policies and procedures; and federal, state, and local requirements.
- Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Medical Assistant Qualifications/Skills:
- Supply management
- Verbal communication
- Infection control
- Creating a safe, effective environment
- Organization
- Scheduling
- Professionalism
- Customer focus
- Confidentiality
- Bedside manner
- Medical teamwork
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- High School Graduate
- Experience with EMR (electronic medical records), medical terminology recommended (not required)
- Previous experience in reception preferred
Company DescriptionFamily Practice/Internal Medicine Clinic
Company Description
Family Practice/Internal Medicine Clinic