Medical Assistant - Bergen Family Medicine

Job description

Job Title: Medical Assistant Department: Location: Schedule: SUMMARY: As a Medical Assistant, your excellent customer service and communication skills directly affect patient care as well as ensuring day to day office operations run smoothly. ​ RESPONSIBILITIES: Clinical Support Conduct pre-visit planning, close care gaps, and complete health maintenance and registry work. Obtain and document patient vital signs, history, and screenings; promptly report abnormalities. Perform EKGs, phlebotomy, point-of-care testing, and collect/process specimens for external testing. Assist providers and nursing staff during procedures and clinical care activities. Review and pend medication refills and provider orders; assist with prior authorizations and patient forms. Provide patient education and instructions under provider or RN guidance. Maintain exam/treatment rooms and equipment, including stocking, cleaning, calibration, and sterilization preparation. Order and track clinical supplies; assemble information packets and support provider communications. Patient Interaction & Administrative Duties: Support patient flow through check-in/check-out, scheduling, referrals, insurance verification,...