Medical Assistant

Job description

Description: - Responsible for greeting customers, scheduling appointments, receiving/routing telephone calls, verifying patient information, & collecting payments. - Captures/records vital signs: blood pressure; weight; height; heart rate; temperature; respiration; O2 saturation. - Updates patient medical history; weight changes; surgeries; medications; diagnoses; allergies; concerns; births; deaths; family medical history. - Follows nursing process for assessments, planning, intervention, & evaluation, including physical/psychosocial needs of patients. - Practices within scope/standards of care. - Performs general nursing care; vital signs, immunizations, wound care, administration of medications/treatments, and assists with clinical procedures, under the supervision of the physician. - Assists with clinical procedures: prepares instruments; seals/labels specimen samples; performs wound care including applying/removing bandages, cleansing, flushing, applying medication; suture removal; and immunizations. - Other roles and responsibilities as assigned. Education/Experience: - High School graduate or equivalency. - Medical Assistant Certification/Registration and/or related experie...