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Medical Assistant - Direct Patient Care
- Posted: April 08, 2024
- Salary:US$19.00 - US$21.00 per hour + health, dental, vision
- Location:Greenwich
- Job type: Contract
- Discipline:Revenue Cycle
- Reference:225267_1712599173
- Work Location:On-site
Job description
- Create a patient-centered environment
- Prepare rooms for the day
- Escort patients to room; prepare patients for examinations
- Record height/weight (head circ if age appropriate) and blood pressure for well visit; chart
- Ask parent or patient about chief complaint and document
- Perform vision and hearing screening as necessary and document in chart according to standing protocols
- Gather proper immunizations at well visits, document in chart, and gain consent from parents
- Perform strep tests and flu test swabs, record results in the chart, and charge for the procedures
- Perform fingerstick lead, hemoglobin, and cholesterol tests according to standing protocols, document results in chart, and bill for procedure
- Perform venipuncture when requested by providers
- Assist doctors as needed with sick visits, as well as well-child visits
- Clean and restock rooms and equipment
- Relay messages as may be required by physicians
- Prepare for urine culture and analysis
- Prepare for strep tests and all other laboratory tests
- Assist doctor and nurses with procedures
- Prepare instruments for sterilization
- Record overnight culture results in chart
- Check and chart temps in fridge and incubator
- Record culture results in chart
- Track lab results
- Enter procedures done into the superbill
- Reviews and downloads the CHADIS results and enters into chart
- Print developmental sheets for failed milestones in CHADIS and leave in room for patient
- Act as medical assistant for visiting subspecialists and perform diagnostic tests for them as required
- Operate according to standard orders and standing protocols
- Enter all charges into superbill
- Provide care in a patient-centered manner
- Attend medical home meetings
- Participate in pre-visit planning
- Demonstrate excellence in both internal and external customer service
- Other duties as assigned