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 As a back office medical assistant, your job duties include some administrative tasks, like entering patient medical history, symptoms, and vital signs into their chart and coding patient medical records for insurance and billing purposes, as well as basic medical tasks like measuring patient blood pressure and heart rate. You need excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail. 

 We are looking for a full time Medical Assistant to support the delivery of primary care services in a pediatric clinic setting. The MA will work closely with providers, other medical assistants, triage nurses, office staff and nurse manager to provide quality care to patients in a positive environment. This position is currently a float position with the possibility of moving to a specific provider.

Position Duties and Responsibilities: but are not limited to:

• Room patients: obtain vitals, patient history, and reason for seeking care and any current medications.
• Maintain electronic medical records
• Maintain work area, exam rooms, supplies, medications, and immunizations.
• Perform injections, finger-sticks, heel-sticks, urinalysis, throat swabs, and assist the provider as directed.
• Maintain professional appearance and personal conduct
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Job Summary:

Telephone triage nurses are responsible for answering calls from patients and assessing their medical needs. Telephone triage nurses are trained to ask patients specific questions to accurately assess their case and collaborate with the providers.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor and respond to calls on the triage phone line.
• Strong communication skills to gather information and collaborate with physicians
• Determines urgency of seeing the patient based on a brief assessment and on familiarity with a patient’s condition and history
• Sends patients with high risk complaints (chest pain, severe headaches, shortness of breath) to the ER
• Arranges appointments for patients who need to be seen by a physician.
• Collaborates with the provider and provides appropriate advice and education to patients who do not need to go to the ER or be seen by the provider.
• Ensures accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient’s EMR.
• Assists with administering injections/medications, sterile procedures, heel sticks, finger sticks, lab draws, weight checks and other duties assigned.
• Assists with medication refills and prior authorizations.
• Serves as a clinical resource and professional role model for other staff.
• Prioritizes tasks and completes them in a timely manner.
• Assists with developing nursing policies and procedures.
• Participates in staff in services and teaching/training.

Job qualifications:

RN or LPN

CPR/BLS

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Dedicated team member

Preferred experience in pediatrics and or telephone triage

Remote Working: Potiental of possibility of working remotely part-time after completion of training and probationary period

Job Type: Part-time