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Medical Assistant – Float Pool Jobs in Oregon, Illinois, USA at Tufts Medicine
Location: Oregon
Medical Assistant – Float Pool
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Melrose Wakefield Healthcare – 101 Main Street
Time Type:Full time
Posted On:Posted 5 Days Ago
Job Requisition :R15656
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Job Profile Summary
This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Nursing Support duties:
Provides basic care services to patients, but does not have an RN or LPN license. Positions in this nursing support work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses depending on their unit. An experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and requiring vocational or technicaleducation.
Works under moderate supervision and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation.
Hours:40 hours weekly, Monday-Friday
Locations:Ability to float to Medford, Melrose, Malden, Winthrop, and Reading Family Medicine, PCP, Specialties as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Completed MAeducationfrom an accredited program that was accredited at any time during the student’s enrollmentORgraduated within the 36 months prior to the program becoming accredited.
Basic Life Support Certification.
Preferred Qualifications:
High School Diploma or equivalent
Two (2) years of medical office experience
Experience with electronic patient record systems.
Duties and Responsibilities:The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusivelist. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
Controls and monitors patient flow to maximize efficient use of providers and exam rooms. Communicates delays to patients and providers.
Prepares medical record for patient visit, confirming accuracy with patient identifiers, entering chief complaint and social history.
Exercises a high degree of customer service in all interactions with patients, internal and external customers.
Assists provider, patient, and patient’s family with admitting patient into the hospital.
Escorts patient to exam room and prepares patient for provider visit.
Ensures patient and personal safety.
Prepares exam room for each patient in accordance with needs of patient’s visit.
Assists and/or chaperones providers/nursing with physical exams, treatments and procedures as necessary.
Performs and records vital signs.
Performs collection of specimens and/or ensures the necessary supplies and equipment are ready for the provider to use during the visit.
Performs Point of Care Testing (POC) as ordered.
May be required to perform phlebotomy.
Assists in arranging for diagnostic testing, surgery and in-patient admissions under direction of the nurse or physician.
Assists with patient billing by ensuring CPT code, diagnosis code and all supplies and procedures are indicated on charting.
Ensures outside paperwork is scanned into patient’s electronic medical record.
Uses proper techniques and procedures for hazardous waste disposal and maintains clinic rooms according to infection control and cleaning policies.
Stocks, maintains and rotates supplies in clinic rooms daily according to clinic demands.
Participates in unit specific quality improvement proj…
Title: Medical Assistant – Float Pool
Company: Tufts Medicine
Location: Oregon, Illinois, USA
Category: Healthcare, Administrative/Clerical
