Medical Assistant Float

Improving Lives Together

Magruder Hospital offers competitive wages with a comprehensive benefit package available to both full-time and part-time employees. We provide a full health plan and generous time off that includes Holidays, Vacation, Sick, Personal, and even your Birthday Our culture and family friendly work environment truly set us apart- apply today for an opportunity to join our team and help serve this great community

**There is a $2,500 Sign On/Retention Bonus available for this position. Shifts are Monday to Friday with no Weekends.

The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing safe and effective clinical care to all patients utilizing the medical assisting process in all clinic areas, to assist and perform procedures under the direction of the physician, be responsible for performing a variety of duties in small and large medical practices or specialty offices. They may be assigned to specific medical specialty departments. They may be involved in both the clinical and front office duties including assisting physicians with patient care and handling clerical, environmental, and organizational tasks. They provide information to patients so they may fully utilize and benefit from the clinical services.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Rooming patients
• Obtains patient vitals, updates patient medication list, problem list and documents health history in electronic medical record system.
• Triage phone calls.
• Makes appointments if necessary
• Documents phone call in patient electronic medical record and relays patients question or concerns to physician; as necessary
• Returns calls to patients in a timely manner
• Makes appointments/referrals for patients to specialist
• Provides written appointment information for patient in office, or phones patient with appointment information.
• Fax pertinent patient information to specialist's office
• Documents appointment in patient chart
• Documents referral in patient chart
• Schedule tests for patients
• Provides education to patient about test
• Including test preparation, directions to test, hospital registration, duration of test, and when to expect results
• Documents test information in electronic medical record
• Verifies insurance and obtains prior authorization for test, as necessary
• Document prior authorization information in patient's chart
• Provide prior authorization documentation to Magruder Hospital
• Fax test order to testing facility. Insure that fax was sent, and confirmed.
• Venipuncture
• Draws lab work in office, providing safe, efficient venipuncture at patient's office visit and at scheduled nurse visits
• Logs all blood draws/specimens for hospital lab pick up.
• Insures that specimens are labeled and stored properly
• Demonstrates proficiency on an annual basis
• Performs lab testing in office
• Urinalysis
• PT/INR
• HgbA1c
• Glucometer
• Urine pregnancy test
• Rapid strep
• Influenza A&B
• Hemosure Fit Testing
• Documents lab results in patient electronic medical record
• Documents lab results on flow sheet in lab
• Maintains and operates equipment in compliance with hospital lab standards
• Demonstrates proficiency to hospital lab personnel on a yearly basis
• Completes quality control testing on lab equipment per hospital lab standards
• Orders and maintains laboratory supplies
• Trained and proficient in the use of Magruder Hospital electronic medical records systems
• Able to retrieve emergency room notes and test results
• Performs EKG's in office
• Gives immunizations to infants, children and adults
• Maintains separate immunization logs for insurance and VFC
• Maintains temperature documentation log for refrigerator and freezer containing immunizations
• Maintains current VIS (vaccine information sheets) and provides them to patients for all vaccines given
• Documents vaccines in patient electronic medical record
• Accesses IMPACT/state immunization website to obtain immunization records for patients
• Administers injections to patients as directed by physician
• Assists physician in minor surgical procedures
• Stocks and re-orders supplies needed for patient exam rooms, surgery rooms, and lab
• Maintains and orders drugs needed for clinic use
• Stocks prescription drug samples in locked sample closet per hospital pharmacy guidelines
• Maintains log in/log out for prescription drug samples
• Pulls expired prescription drug samples from the shelves in a timely manner and disposes of them properly
• Assists pharmaceutical drug representatives in determining need for samples, obtaining physician signature

• Maintains log for insulin samples and stocks insulin samples in refrigerator

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent. Medical Assistant diploma from an accredited vocational institution, or a community college course in Medical Assisting.

• Skill in performing medical assistance tasks appropriately.
• Skill in reading and following written and oral medical orders.
• Skill in initiating appropriate emergency procedures.
• Skill in handling a number of tasks simultaneously.
• Skill in administering injections and vaccines.
• Ability to use manual dexterity to perform medical treatments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal and working relationships with coworkers and diverse patient populations utilizing the skills of tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations for drug dosages.
• Ability to understand patient education needs by sharing information with patients and families.
• Minimum one year of recent experience working in a medical facility as a Medical Assistant and/or documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office.

Preferred:

• Ability to perform blood draws.

Certifications and Licenses Requirements:

Required:

• Must possess a current CPR and BLS certification and current health records with the appropriate immunizations to work in the health care field.

• BLS certification is required upon hire. All certifications required in this job description must be maintained by the employee throughout their employment.

Preferred:

• Current documentation of a national certificate for the registered medical assistant (RMA) through the American Medical Technologists (AMT) or for the certified assistant through the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA).

Magruder Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class under the law.

Magruder Hospital is a Drug Free Workplace. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment drug screening, including screening for the presence of nicotine, satisfactory completion of background verification, and the results of a post-offer medical examination, if required by the hospital.