Medical Assistant - Outpatient Perioperative Services- Pre Admission Testing Full-time Day Shift

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Medical Assistant - Outpatient Perioperative Services- Pre Admission Testing Full-time Day Shift Position Summary: At Stony Brook Medicine, our Medical Assistants perform clinical, laboratory, and clerical support activities in hospital ambulatory services, outpatient clinics, and laboratories. Incumbents assist physicians or other medical personnel in providing patient care, preparing patients for procedures and examinations, recording vital patient data, and performing standardized routine laboratory procedure such as phlebotomy, patient specimen collection, and specimen processing. Incumbents also perform routine support activities such as greeting and directing patients, producing reports, answering telephones, gathering and entering data, and scheduling appointments. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Non-supervisory; performs clinical duties at least 50% of the time in accordance with prescribed procedures. ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES: Medical Assistants function under the direct supervision and guidance of nursing personnel in the performance of assigned duties physicians, and other medical personnel. The supervisor oversees and instructs them in how to perform special procedures and t...