Medical Assistant (MA) Bilingual - Full Time

Job description

Summary Provides general nursing care to patients in outpatient clinic setting by performing the following duties. Essential Functions: - Take temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal. - Explain prescribed procedures and treatments to patients. - Prepare equipment and aid physician during treatment and examination of patient. - Ensure all ordered tests are performed accurately and in a timely manner. - Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques. - Maintain awareness of comfort and needs of the patient. - Properly start lab equipment daily; Perform maintenance on equipment as scheduled. - Maintain daily log; document all requests and results of lab work accurately. - Draw blood from patient’s finger, ear lobe, or vein, observing principles of asepsis to obtain blood samples. - Perform laboratory tests according to written instructions and properly document the patient’s chart with the laboratory results. - Perform daily quality control and cleaning procedures according to guidelines. - Respond to all lab messages and call back requests, share responsibility of call back sheets. - U...