Medical Assistant - Collins Family Clinic

Opelousas General Health System Opelousas, LA 70570, US

Responsible for receiving patients, determines their needs and directs them accordingly. Performs optimal ambulatory health care to patients; stocks and maintains exam rooms and nurse’s stations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

- Plans and manages patient care according to each patient's needs.

- Interviews patients and records their medical history and physical condition.

- Obtains patient vital signs, including pulse, blood pressure, temperature, and respiration.

- Provides routine care for patients.

- Observes patient's health.

- Reviews medical charts.

- Communicates with patients and their families.

- Performs standard diagnostic procedures including EKG.

- Performs in office testing such as but not limited to: Hb A1c, Flu, Strep, Lipids, Glucose, Urinalysis.

- Performs venipunctures.

- Prepares specimens for lab courier; calls courier for pick up.

- Administers medications.

- Provides wound care.

- Prepares and administers injections.

- Assists with patient comfort.

- Maintains medical supplies inventory and performs preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating.

- Logs incoming/outgoing sample medications; saving incoming in designated area.

- Counsel patients by transmitting physician's orders and medication refills to pharmacy and progress notes to insurance for prior authorization.

- Schedule procedures/imaging; verifying date and time with patients; prepares charts, pre-admission, and consent forms.

- Manages outgoing referral and follows up on them.

- Helps answer incoming calls.

- Works incoming faxes in ECW; saving, naming, and attaching documents, assigning to appropriate staff.

- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulation.

- Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, letting manager know when low, and verifying receipt.

- Maintains all instruments used by provider, making sure they are sent to be cleaned and returned.

- Steps in and serves as receptionist when needed.

- Serves and protects the practice by adhering to professional standards; facility policies and procedures; federal, state, and local requirements.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required, Vocational/Technical degree as Medical Assistant or Related field required.

Certification/License: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) required. CPR preferred.

Experience: At least 1 year experience as MA in a Clinic/Office is preferred,

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