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Medical Assistant – Potsdam OBGYN Jobs in Law, TN at Rochester Regional Health
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HOW WE CARE FOR YOU
At St. Lawrence Health, we are dedicated to getting health care right. Our robust benefits and total rewards foster employee wellbeing, professional development and personal growth. We care for your career while caring for the community.
Same Day pay through Daily Pay
Paid vacation & holiday pay
Medical, dental, vision, hearing benefits
SUMMARY
The Medical Assistant performs a mixture of both clerical administrative medical assisting, as well as clinical medical office assisting in Primary and/or Specialty care settings. The Certified Medical Assistant works in collaboration with licensed physicians and mid-level providers (NP/PA’s), and reports to a Physician Practice Manager.
Canton-Potsdam Hospital is a warm and caring not-for-profit community healthcare facility that’s certified for 94 beds. Our mission is to provide exceptional healthcare services to the community. Within our welcoming walls, you’ll find a wide array of core programs in emergency medicine, acute care, hospitalist medicine, and critical care. But that’s just the beginning. We’re not just a hospital; we’re a beacon of health and wellness in the North Country. We proudly offer outpatient health services in Brasher Falls, Canton, Colton, Gouverneur, Massena, Norfolk, and Potsdam, NY.
STATUS:Full Time
LOCATION:Potsdam OBGYN
DEPARTMENT:Physician Practice Management
SCHEDULE:8hr days
ATTRIBUTES
Medical Assistant Certification required
Strong customer service, computer, and communication skills
RESPONSIBILITIES
Clerical/Administrative Duties:
Greeting patients. Answering phones. Scheduling appointments into appropriate time slots, based on brief patient interview. Assisting with provider EHR document time management, to assure providers have time in schedule to complete all EHR documents within CPH regulated 24-hour time period. Assisting first time patient in completing medical history questionnaire, entering such data into EHR, and all record filing and preparation for chart. This position also includes collecting co-payments, and carrying out prior authorizations and referral processes. Other clerical duties as necessary.
Clinical Assistant Duties:
Rooming patients, taking accurate vital signs and recording same in EHR, and prepares patient for examination by provider. Assists the Provider during examinations, as directed by provider, as a ‘second pair of hands’. Reinforces provider instructions and education to patient. Gathers medical equipment needed for exam, sets up procedural trays per provider instructions, and properly disposes of used equipment/ linens per CPH policy. Cleans exam table and room after patient exam, per CPH policy. Comfortable with basic medical support procedures as per provider orders, tending to lab work or culture collection as directed and readying for courier pick-up, and properly addressing basic office procedures. Assuring that all medications given on site by nurse or provider have the proper lot number and expiration date entered into EHR, and patient is given written instructions/patient education explaining any medications given per the provider in clinic. Note: It is outside the MA scope of practice to dispense any medications, but recording of lot numbers, etc. paperwork is inside the scope of practice. Schedules medical tests or referrals per provider instructions, either by telephone or computer.
Medical Documentation:
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Title: Medical Assistant – Potsdam OBGYN
Company: Rochester Regional Health
Location: Law, TN
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