Certified Medical Assistant - Primary Care

Day (United States of America)

Certified Medical Assistant - Primary Care

Provides basic medical care and health teaching to patients in an outpatient, non-emergency care setting for an outpatient medical practice.

Job Qualifications:

High School diploma or GED required.

Graduate of an approved school or institution for Medical Assistants with current certification required.

Current BLS Required.

Strong pharmacological knowledge.

Meets or exceeds levels I & II

Duties and Responsibilities:

Level III - In addition to all tasks included in level I and II:

Registration functions:

• Check in
• Check out
• Collect copays
• Cash procedures

Assist provider in obtaining microbiological tests such as:

• Streptococcal testing
• Urine culture
• Wound culture
• Vaginal culture
• Gram staining
• Sensitivity testing
• Sputum culture

Perform tuberculosis screen: Tine, Mantoux

Screen and follow up patient test results

• Alert provider of abnormal results
• Upon provider order: Discuss test results with patient and document conversation; Instruct patient on diet modification; Instruct patient on drug dosage modification; Schedule patient for hospitalization, surgery, return office visit, outside provider visits, physical therapy, or other treatments

Prepare and administer medications as directed by provider:

• Calculate drug dosage
• Reconstitute a powdered medication
• Mixing medications from separate vials

Evaluate and recommend equipment and supplies:

• Evaluate and compare medical supplies

Instruct patient with special needs:

• Instruct and demonstrate routine procedures for monitoring body functions.
• Instruct and demonstrate safety procedures for home medical equipment.
• Demonstrate care and use of special equipment to patient (i.e., crutches, walker, cane, wheelchair, hearing aids, braces, splints, casts, slings, prosthetic applicances)
• Provide written and verbal instructions on chronic disease conditions as instructed by provider

Teach patient methods of health promotion and disease prevention:

• Provide verbal and written information about routine physical examination and laboratory testing

Provide verbal and written information as applicable to specialty and provider:

• Nutrition and diet therapy
• Exercise and weight control
• Hygiene
• Sexually transmitted / communicable diseases and preventative measures
• Family planning
• Smoking cessation
• Alcohol / drug prevention and treatment
• Instruct and assist patients with performance of self breast examinations
• Refer patients to outside resources as instructed by provider

Orient and train personnel:

• Introduce office staff
• Orient to facility
• Assist in completion of personnel documents
• Assign work schedule
• Make daily work assignments
• Demonstrate use of policy and procedure manuals for office
• Demonstrate use of office equipment
• Provide information on CDC universal precautions, OSHA, CLIA, and American Disabilities Act regulations
• Emergency preparedness plan
• TJC, ACHA, DCF as applicable.

Work Conditions:

Indoor, fast paced, goal oriented environment.

Moderate fatigue from long periods of walking, standing, and/or sitting.