Medical Assistant I
About this role
MEDICAL ASSISTANT I
JOB DESCRIPTION
Perform a variety of administrative and clinical tasks to help provide care to patients, support physicians and keep office operations running smoothly.
CLASSIFICATION
Non-Exempt
REPORTS TO
Practice Manager/ Clinic Supervisor
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
Collect basic patient intake and vitals
Perform necessary point of care testing
Document all patient visits and communication in EMR properly
Performs capillary blood draws, newborn screens, dental varnish, and routine hearing and vision screens
Properly administer oral medication as directed by the provider
Handles refills/ referrals/ authorizations
Answer back line phone calls as needed as well as accurately chart phone calls and initiate proper follow through
Perform necessary cleaning duties maintaining an orderly work environment and ensure an adequate stock of medical supplies
Responsible for all incoming school/day care forms for the assigned provider
Ethical conduct, confidentiality, and collaboration with the healthcare team are expected and considered essential elements of this position
Regular & prompt attendance on agreed upon daily and weekly start and end time
Can maintain physical demands and work environment as listed below
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Required
High school diploma or equivalent
CMA Certification and/ or 6 months Medical Assistant experience
Preferred
CPR Certification
Knowledge of EMR software
PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
This job will require exposure to patient elements. This role routinely uses standard office equipment. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. May work in a noisy or distracting environment. This job will require exposure to patient elements.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
The core hours of work are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. but can vary depending on location. This position may require some evening or weekend work depending on location.
COVID/ FLU CONSIDERATIONS
If requested by any patient, then staff is required to wear a surgical mask. Patients are strongly encouraged to wear a mask if they are experiencing any acute respiratory symptoms or have a fever. Employees who are not flu-vaccinated will be required to wear a mask in all patient facing areas from September 1 to March 1st unless dates are modified due to clinical factors (unusual epidemic patterns, etc).
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change.
Company at a glance
Austin Health Partners was founded by 3 independent care centers in the Austin area – Cedar Park Pediatric & Family Medicine, Southwest Pediatrics, and Treehouse Pediatrics.
We believe that independent physicians deliver the best quality care possible and we are here to continue to support them. So our mission is to help independent practices stay independent.
Smaller independent practices can struggle to keep up to date on value-based contracts, quality metrics and government regulations. Many practices are considering either closing their doors or selling their practice to hospital systems or larger corporations. We started this group for exactly these reasons. We firmly believe that physicians should be the leaders in healthcare and that independent practices provide better care at lower costs.
Austin Health Partners is comprised of independent practices that have joined under one Tax ID number. We have maintained our independent office, or care centers, with our own practice name, nurses, office managers and staff. We have decreased overhead significantly by creating a Central Business Office with professionals who manage billing, human resources, marketing and accounting for our care centers so that you can focus on caring for your patients.
To us, this is more than a job, it’s the health of our community.
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