Why You'll Love This Job
Position Summary:
Medical Assistant performs administrative and clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments and maintaining medical records. Clinical duties include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
Key Responsibilities:
- Interacts professionally with patients.
-The ability to maintain a high level of enthusiasm, with a "can-do" attitude.
- Accompanies and settles patients in the exam room in advance of the physician’s visit.
- Takes vitals such as blood pressure, pulse, temperature, weight, and height and enters them into the EMR.
- Obtains current medication list from new and return patients and verify allergies during every request for medication and every office visit. Perform medication reconciliation.
- Acquires patient history and the chief complaint and document in complete sentences with the proper grammar why the patient is being seen for a visit.
- Performs necessary office tests, such as rapid strep tests and other applicable testing as determined by physicians.
- Updates the provider which patient should be seen next to minimize wait time when multiple rooms are filled up. Patient timeliness and appointment time must be taken into consideration to avoid upset patient(s).
- Cleans and prepares room in a timely manner for the next patient.
- Retrieves, directs and responds accordingly to the messages from the nursing line.
- Calls-in prescriptions as directed by the physicians.
- Ensures compliance with applicable government laws, rules, regulations, AAOA and Company policies and procedures.
- Maintains safe environment for patient, co-workers and self, per policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Medical Assistant Certification
- CPR Certification
Why ENT and Allergy Associates of South GA?
At ENT and Allergy Associates of South GA, we value our employees and are committed to fostering a culture of growth, innovation, and collaboration. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career advancement in a supportive and dynamic work environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
ENT and Allergy Associates of South GA is an equal-opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.