Highly motivated and committed Certified Medical Assistant with proven history of superior performance at individual, team and organizational levels. Multitasks and prioritizes workloads with little or no supervision. Detail-oriented professional looking to bring medical background and team-building skills to deadline-driven environment. Experienced certified Medical Assistant with extensive knowledge of medical regulations and policies. Offers strong dedication to informed patient care, administrative excellence and confidentiality. Reliable Medical Support professional with 15 years of experience in fast paste environment. Expertly assist with office operations and physician support by gathering patient information, Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level certified led medical Assistance position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
•Assists providers with patient preparation, office procedures, examination and education of patients
•Supports the clinical care team, assuring optimal best-practice patient flow; manages patient volume
•Reviews and prepares for scheduled patient visits
•Screens all patients for preventative care needs, ongoing support, barriers to care, safety concerns, and potential fall risk
•Conducts surveillance for transitions of care, urgent/emergent care, or follow up tasks
•Conducts motivational interviews including patient screening/ coaching on disease management, motivation to change, learning care needs, and community outreach needs
•identifies potential behavioral health needs of patients and notifies provider of findings
•Reports actual/ potential problems concerning patients, families and associates
•Participates in performance improvement initiatives to improve care quality and safety
•Attends training for safety, infection control, etc
•Ensures ongoing compliance by maintaining and auditing temperature logs, ensuring medication supplies are current/unexpired, checking and maintaining emergency equipment, area free of clutter, and other related tasks
•Performs selected patient/ laboratory testing, including Point of Care Testing, tuberculosis skin testing, electrocardiography, pulmonary function tests, vision and hearing testing
•Removes sutures/staples
•Documents activities in the patient's electronic medical record (EMR)
•Performs required patient follow-up: to include pap smears, Pb levels, HIV, mammograms, and STD's
•Collects and processes specimens, completes requisitions, and documents
•Provides escort and assists with patient discharge activities
•Provides chaperoning
•Updates appropriate records of scheduled equipment maintenance and manages drug and medical supply inventories
•Provides telephone screening services to gather information from patients, determine appropriate disposition and document per established telephone screening protocols
•May insert intravenous catheter for physician initiated IV fluid therapy or administration of intravenous medications
•May insert, remove, and monitor urinary catheter for procedures and prepare and administer oral drugs and injections limited to intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular
•Utilizes the EMR to propose patient medication refills for provider approval
•Completes requisitions for tests
•Contacts insurance companies for Pre-authorizations for patient medications and specialty referrals including insurance authorization.