000220 - Medical Assistants - Certified Medical Assistant

Job description

Certified Medical Assistant encompasses both administrative and clinical aspects of medical assisting. It includes, performing check-in/check-out functions, answering phone calls, scheduling and confirming appointments, rooming patients, interviewing and giving instructions to patients as directed by physician or physician assistant or nurse practitioner, handling incoming and outgoing correspondence with other providers or pharmacies, processing requests for medical records, obtaining vitals and other pertinent patient information, assisting providers with exams and procedures, and performing diagnostic testing. Qualifications: - Greets patients, prints orders and educational materials for patients, and schedules procedures. - Answers phone calls in a timely manner, schedules appointments, and maintains assigned clinical inboxes in athenaClinicals electronic medical record system. Demonstrates phone etiquette in accordance with Panoramic Health standards of behavior. - Rooms patients and completes full patient intake, including vitals, allergies, medication reconciliation, and recording recent flu and pneumonia vaccinations. Assess patient symptoms, reactions, and physical conditi...