Medical Assistant
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
795 El Camino real, Palo Alto
09.2001 - 03.2011
- Scheduled and accompanied clients to medical appointments.
- Attended required training, education and meetings.
- Took advantage of opportunities for continuing education, quality assurance and performance improvement activities.
- Made appointments in IDX.
- Collected histories, vitals and current compliants via patient interviews.
- Measured patient spirometry.
- Assisted physicians in follow-through of care.
- Obtained pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weight.
- Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.
- Followed safe lifting techniques and individual resident lifting instructions.
- Submitted prescriptions to pharmacy via phone, fax or web.
- Escorted patients to examination rooms.
- Documented all maintenance and repairs in a timely fashion.
- Tested and recorded blood glucose levels.
- Measured patient pulse oximetry.